Informix Error -1363: A fatal internal error has occurred - Application Terminating.

Reasons / Common Causes

-1363 is flagged by the official text as a critical internal error: the program attempted to access memory outside what belongs to the application, terminating it — per the official guidance, no application-level cause is named.

1. A genuine internal memory-access fault, per the official guidance's framing — no other documented application-level cause is named.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Note all circumstances and contact IBM Informix Technical Support, per the official guidance, if the error recurs — this is the documented, only resolution path.

Examples

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No specific triggering statement is documented — this is a critical internal fault that terminates the application.

Diagnostic Checks

1. Capture the exact circumstances (program, operation in progress) at the time -1363 occurred, per the official guidance's own escalation path.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -1362 — "4GL runtime stack violation." A related critical internal error, specific to the runtime stack rather than the application's memory generally.
• -1364 — "Error recovery setup failed - Application Terminating." A related critical internal error, about the error-handling mechanism itself failing.

A critical internal memory-access fault that terminates the application — capture full circumstances and escalate to IBM Informix Technical Support if it recurs.