Informix Error -14571: CSS: null CSS library context.
Cause and resolution
CSS: null CSS library context.
Communication Support Services internal error.
Communication Support Services caller passed a null library context to Communication Support Services.
Contact IBM Informix Technical Support or the CSM vendor and have the following information available: CSS configuration files and sqlhosts information for both the client and the database server.
Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance
Reasons / Common Causes
-14571 fires when a Communication Support Services (CSS) caller passes a null library context to CSS — per the official guidance.
- A caller passing a null CSS library context, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
- Contact IBM Informix Technical Support or the CSM vendor, per the official guidance,
with the CSS configuration files and
sqlhostsinformation for both the client and the database server available.
Examples
N/A
No specific triggering statement is documented — this is reported as an internal error.
Diagnostic Checks
- Gather the CSS configuration files and
sqlhostsinformation for both sides of the connection before escalating.
Related Errors / Related Topics
- -14572 — "CSS: null I/O reference context." The same null-context condition, for the I/O reference context rather than the library context.
- -14576 — "CSS: null CSS context." The same null-context condition, for the general CSS context rather than specifically the library context.
A caller passed a null CSS library context — gather the CSS configuration and sqlhosts
details and contact IBM Informix Technical Support or the CSM vendor.