Informix Error -4508: PRINT FILE error - cannot open file filename for reading.

Reasons / Common Causes

-4508 is a legacy code — per the official guidance, it has been replaced by error -1325. That code's own addendum has not yet been written in this project, but the underlying condition is documented consistently across this legacy-code family: a PRINT FILE statement's named file could not be opened for reading.

1. This exact wording is superseded, per the official guidance — -1325 now covers the same underlying condition.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Treat this as -1325, per the official guidance, and confirm the named file exists and is readable by the process running the report.

Examples

A PRINT FILE target that doesn't exist or isn't readable

PRINT FILE "logo.txt"
-- -1325 (formerly -4508): logo.txt is missing, or unreadable by this process

Diagnostic Checks

1. Confirm the environment/version reporting -4508 rather than -1325.
2. Check that the file named in the PRINT FILE statement exists and is readable by the process running the report.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -1325 — cited by -4508's own official text as its replacement. Not independently documented on the live catalog (it currently returns "Unknown Error Number" there), so no title is quoted here.

-4508 has been replaced by -1325 — a PRINT FILE target couldn't be opened for reading; check that the file exists and is readable.