Informix Error -32504: Operations on remote objects are not allowed after session level set.
Cause and resolution
Operations on remote objects are not allowed after session level set.
You cannot access objects in remote databases when your current session sensitivity level differs from that of your login session. Return to the sensitivity level of your login session to access remote data.
Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance
Reasons / Common Causes
-32504 fires when a session's current sensitivity level differs from its login session's level and it attempts to access a remote database object — per the official guidance.
- The current session sensitivity level differs from the login session's level, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause; remote-object access requires being back at the login level.
Solutions / Resolution
- Return to the login session's sensitivity level before accessing remote data, per the official guidance.
Examples
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No specific triggering statement is documented beyond attempting remote access at a changed session level.
Diagnostic Checks
- Check the session's current sensitivity level against its login level, and revert to the login level before accessing remote objects.
Related Errors / Related Topics
- -32503 — "User tables should be closed to change session attribute." A related session-attribute restriction, on open tables/cursors blocking the level change itself rather than remote access afterward.
Remote-object access was attempted while the session was at a non-login sensitivity level — return to the login level first.