Informix Error -26734: A database containing gridtables can only be droppen within a grid context You must Connect to the appropriate grid prior to dropping the database

Reasons / Common Causes

-26734 fires when DROP DATABASE on a database containing grid tables is issued outside a grid context — per the official guidance.

1. The DROP DATABASE statement wasn't issued within a grid context, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Connect to the appropriate grid before dropping the database, per the official guidance.

Examples

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No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an out-of-grid-context DROP DATABASE.

Diagnostic Checks

1. Check whether the session is connected within the grid context, and connect to the grid before dropping the database.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -26733 — "A gridtable can only be altered, renamed or dropped within a grid context." The same class of grid-context restriction, for ALTER/RENAME/DROP TABLE rather than DROP DATABASE.

A database containing grid tables was dropped outside a grid context — connect to the grid first.