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Informix Error -1358: Write error on TEXT or BYTE file filename.

Cause and resolution

Write error on TEXT or BYTE file filename.

The operating system signalled an error during output to a temporary file in which a TEXT or BYTE variable was being saved. Possibly the disk is full, or a hardware failure occurred. For more information, look for operating-system messages.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-1358 fires when the operating system signals an error writing to a temporary file holding a TEXT/BYTE variable — per the official guidance, this is possibly a full disk or a hardware failure.

  1. A full disk, per the official guidance's first named possibility.
  2. A hardware failure, per the official guidance's other named possibility.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Check operating-system messages for additional diagnostic information, per the official guidance.
  2. Check available disk space as the first, most likely check.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented — this is an OS-level write failure on a TEXT/BYTE file.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check available disk space.
  2. Check operating-system messages for hardware-level errors if disk space isn't the issue.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -1356 — "Write error on temporary file filename." A closely related, similarly-worded write-error message for a LOCATEd temp file.
  • -1357 — "Read error on temporary file filename." A related temp-file error, about reading rather than writing.
  • -1359 — "Read error on TEXT or BYTE file filename." A related message whose official page text describes a write/output failure despite its "Read error" title — see -1359's own notes.

An OS-level write error on a TEXT/BYTE file, possibly a full disk or hardware issue — check disk space and OS-level messages.