Informix Error -3001: There are no forms in the current directory.

Reasons / Common Causes

-3001 fires when Informix SQL's Run Form option finds no compiled forms available to run — per the official guidance, you can run only forms present in the current directory or a directory named in the DBPATH environment variable.

1. No compiled form files in the current directory, per the official guidance — the first named cause.
2. No compiled form files in any directory named in DBPATH, per the official guidance — the second named cause.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Change directories to the one that contains the desired forms, per the official guidance.
2. Or change the contents of DBPATH to include the directory holding the forms, per the official guidance.

Examples

Checking and setting DBPATH

echo $DBPATH
export DBPATH=/home/oninit/forms:$DBPATH

Diagnostic Checks

1. Check the current directory and every directory named in DBPATH for compiled form files (.frm), and adjust either as needed.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -3031 — "The form form-name cannot be found or opened." A related form-lookup error, about one specific named form not being found (or not openable), rather than no forms being present at all.

No compiled forms are visible from the current directory or DBPATH — change directories or update DBPATH.