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Informix Error -32370: Unknown error message

Cause and resolution

Unknown error message

Check $INFORMIXDIR and $PATH there is an enviroment mismatch. If INFORMIXDIR is set to a tools directory and the PATH has an engine bin earlier in the path this issue can occur. Also the error will occur is INFORMIXDIR/bin in not in the PATH

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Reasons / Common Causes

-32370 fires when the software product can't locate its error-message text files — per the official guidance, an environment mismatch between $INFORMIXDIR and $PATH is the documented cause.

  1. $INFORMIXDIR set to a tools directory while $PATH has an engine bin earlier in the path, per the official guidance — the first named case.
  2. $INFORMIXDIR/bin isn't in $PATH at all, per the official guidance — the second named case.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Check $INFORMIXDIR and $PATH for an environment mismatch, per the official guidance, and correct whichever points to the wrong installation or is missing $INFORMIXDIR/bin.
Examples
Checking the environment
$ echo $INFORMIXDIR
$ echo $PATH | tr ':' '\n' | grep -n informix
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check $INFORMIXDIR and $PATH for a mismatch between the tools/engine directories, and confirm $INFORMIXDIR/bin is actually in $PATH.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -32766 — "Unknown error message number." A related error-message-lookup failure, attributed to INFORMIXDIR/DBLANG rather than INFORMIXDIR/PATH.

The error-message text files couldn't be found, due to an $INFORMIXDIR/$PATH mismatch — check both variables.