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Informix Error -32766: Unknown error message number.

Cause and resolution

Unknown error message number.

The software product cannot find the error message text files. Either the INFORMIXDIR or DBLANG environment variable is set incorrectly.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-32766 fires when the software product can't find the error-message text files — per the official guidance, an incorrectly set INFORMIXDIR or DBLANG environment variable is the documented cause.

  1. INFORMIXDIR set incorrectly, per the official guidance — the first named case.
  2. DBLANG set incorrectly, per the official guidance — the second named case.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Check INFORMIXDIR and DBLANG for correctness, per the official guidance, and fix whichever is wrong.
Examples
Checking the environment
$ echo $INFORMIXDIR
$ echo $DBLANG
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check INFORMIXDIR and DBLANG against the actual installation path and language/locale in use.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -32370 — "Unknown error message" A related error-message-lookup failure, attributed to INFORMIXDIR/PATH rather than INFORMIXDIR/DBLANG.

The error-message text files couldn't be found, due to an incorrect INFORMIXDIR or DBLANG — check both variables.