Informix Error -25602: The local database server server-name cannot be forked by the relay module. System error number.

Reasons / Common Causes

-25602 fires when the relay module can't fork the named local database server — per the official guidance.

1. A system-level failure forking the local database server process, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Check with your system administrator for problems with the system, per the official guidance.

Examples

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No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a failed fork of the local database server.

Diagnostic Checks

1. Note the accompanying system error number, and escalate to the system administrator.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -25600 — "The relay module cannot get environment variable SQLRM. System error error-number." A related relay-module error, on reading an environment variable.
• -25601 — "This relay module cannot execute relay module module-name for another protocol." A related relay-module error, on a missing named module.

The relay module couldn't fork the local database server — escalate to the system administrator with the system error number.