Informix Error -1324

Reasons / Common Causes

-1324 fires when the file named in a REPORT TO statement opened successfully, but an error occurred while writing to it — per the official guidance, a full disk is the most likely cause.

1. The disk filling up during the write, per the official guidance's named possibility — the file opened fine when there was still space, but ran out mid-write.
2. An underlying I/O error, more generally, given the official guidance's pointer to OS-level error messages.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Check for a full disk, per the official guidance — the specifically named likely cause.
2. Look for operating-system messages that might give more information, per the official guidance.

Examples

Checking disk space during report generation

$ df -h /path/to/report/dir

Diagnostic Checks

1. Check available disk space on the filesystem holding the report output file.
2. Check operating-system error messages for more specific detail if disk space isn't the issue.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -1322 — "A report output file cannot be opened." A related report-output error, about opening rather than writing.
• -1323 — "A report output pipe cannot be opened." A related report-output error, for REPORT TO PIPE rather than a plain file.

The report output file failed during writing, most likely from a full disk — check available disk space.