Informix Error -4512: A database index could not be created for a temporary database table needed for a report.

Reasons / Common Causes

-4512 is a legacy code — per the official guidance, it has been replaced by error -1329. See -1329 for the current documentation of this condition: an index couldn't be created on a report's temporary working table.

1. This exact wording is superseded, per the official guidance — -1329 now covers the same underlying condition.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Treat this as -1329 and apply that code's resolution steps, per the official guidance.

Examples

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No triggering example is documented separately from -1329 — see that code for worked examples of the underlying index-creation failure.

Diagnostic Checks

1. Confirm the environment/version reporting -4512 rather than -1329, and refer to -1329 for the actual diagnostic steps.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -1329 — "A database index could not be created for a temporary database table needed for a report." The current, active code that has replaced -4512.

-4512 has been replaced by -1329 — refer to that code for the current documentation of this temporary-table index-creation failure.