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Informix Error -27002: No connections are allowed in quiescent mode.

Cause and resolution

No connections are allowed in quiescent mode.

You are attempting to connect to a database server that is in quiescent mode. Verify that your INFORMIXSERVER environment variable is set correctly. Ask the database server administrator to bring the appropriate database servers to online mode.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-27002 fires when a client tries to connect to a database server that's in quiescent mode — per the official guidance.

  1. The target database server being in quiescent mode, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Verify INFORMIXSERVER is set correctly, per the official guidance.
  2. Ask the database server administrator to bring the server to online mode, per the official guidance.
Examples
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No specific triggering statement is documented beyond connecting to a quiescent server.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check INFORMIXSERVER's value, and check the server's current mode (quiescent vs. online).
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -27002 in this set yet.

A connection was attempted against a server in quiescent mode — verify INFORMIXSERVER, and ask the DBA to bring the server online.