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Informix Error -26382: CLOBDIR directory (%s) does not exist or is not accessible.

Cause and resolution

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

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

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-26382 fires when a CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE/SELECT INTO EXTERNAL's CLOBDIR value doesn't exist or isn't accessible — per the official guidance.

  1. The specified CLOBDIR directory doesn't exist, per the official guidance — the first named case.
  2. The specified CLOBDIR directory isn't accessible, per the official guidance — the second named case.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Create the CLOBDIR 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 CLOBDIR.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the CLOBDIR path's existence and permissions, and correct as needed.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -26381 — "BLOBDIR directory (%s) does not exist or is not accessible." The same class of directory-accessibility error, for BLOBDIR rather than CLOBDIR.

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