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Informix Error -32505: Cannot set session level.

Cause and resolution

Cannot set session level.

For more information, refer to the accompanying error message.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-32505 fires when SET SESSION LEVEL fails — per the official guidance, the specific reason is given in an accompanying error message.

  1. An underlying failure setting the session level, per the official guidance — the specific cause is documented only in the accompanying message, not this one.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Check the accompanying error message for the specific cause, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented — the specific cause is in the accompanying error.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the error message reported alongside this one for the actual root cause.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -32506 — "Bad session label format." A related SET SESSION LEVEL error, on an invalid sensitivity-label argument specifically.

SET SESSION LEVEL failed — check the accompanying error message for the specific cause.