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Informix Error -32182: Invalid number of estimated security labels label-name.

Cause and resolution

Invalid number of estimated security labels label-name.

Check for the parameter setting in the ONCONFIG file or the input to DB-Monitor to make sure that the number of estimated security labels is always greater than 0.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-32182 fires when the number of estimated security labels supplied via DB-Monitor isn't valid — per the official guidance.

  1. A configured/input value for the number of estimated security labels that isn't greater than 0, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Check the parameter setting in the ONCONFIG file or the input to DB-Monitor, per the official guidance, ensuring the number of estimated security labels is always greater than 0.
Examples
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No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an invalid configured/input value.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the estimated-security-labels setting in ONCONFIG/DB-Monitor, and correct it to a positive value.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -32181 — "The number of estimated security labels must be greater than 0." The same underlying rule, general to ONCONFIG/ON-Monitor rather than DB-Monitor input specifically.

The number of estimated security labels supplied to DB-Monitor wasn't valid — correct it to a positive value.