Informix Error -35209: INTERNAL ERROR: module name, line line number: assertion error.

Reasons / Common Causes

-35209 is a critical internal preprocessor error, explicitly labeled INTERNAL ERROR — per the official guidance, no application-level cause is named; the only documented response is to escalate it, quoting the module name and line number the message attaches.

1. An internal assertion in the preprocessor failing, at the named module/line, per the official guidance's framing — no other documented application-level cause is named.

Solutions / Resolution

1. If this internal error recurs, note all circumstances and contact IBM Technical Support, per the official guidance — this is the documented, only resolution path.

Examples

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No specific triggering statement is documented — this is a critical internal parser fault.

Diagnostic Checks

1. Record the module name and line number the message attaches, per the official guidance, along with the full circumstances, for escalation.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -35200 — "Fatal parse error; string." Another "contact IBM Technical Support" internal preprocessor fault.
• -35202 — "Too many nested blocks." Same internal-fault family.
• -35208 — "INTERNAL ERROR... case error." Same INTERNAL ERROR-labeled family.
• -35210 — "INTERNAL ERROR: feature... not yet implemented." Same family.

A failed internal assertion in the preprocessor, with no documented application-level trigger — capture full circumstances and escalate to IBM Technical Support, but only if it recurs.