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Informix Error -26381: BLOBDIR directory (%s) does not exist or is not accessible.

Cause and resolution

BLOBDIR directory (%s) does not exist or is not accessible.

The BLOBDIR value specified with the CREATE EXTERNAL or SELECT INTO EXTERNAL statement does not exist or is not accessible

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-26381 fires when a CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE/SELECT INTO EXTERNAL's BLOBDIR value doesn't exist or isn't accessible — per the official guidance.

  1. The specified BLOBDIR directory doesn't exist, per the official guidance — the first named case.
  2. The specified BLOBDIR directory isn't accessible, per the official guidance — the second named case.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Create the BLOBDIR directory if it doesn't exist, and confirm it's accessible to the server process, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an inaccessible/missing BLOBDIR.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the BLOBDIR path's existence and permissions, and correct as needed.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -26382 — "CLOBDIR directory (%s) does not exist or is not accessible." The same class of directory-accessibility error, for CLOBDIR rather than BLOBDIR.

The BLOBDIR directory didn't exist or wasn't accessible — check its existence and permissions.