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Informix Error -55928: Unable to spawn the resource compiler.

Cause and resolution

Unable to spawn the resource compiler.

For ESQL/C: The esql command processor cannot start the resource compiler. Make sure the directory that contains your resource compiler is included in the PATH environment variable.

For ESQL/COBOL: The esqlcobo command processor cannot start the resource compiler. Make sure the directory that contains your resource compiler is included in the PATH environment variable.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-55928 fires when the command processor can't start the resource compiler — per the official guidance.

  1. The resource compiler's directory not included in PATH, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause, applying to both esql and esqlcobo.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Add the resource compiler's directory to the PATH environment variable, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an unspawnable resource compiler.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check PATH for the resource compiler's installation directory, and add it if missing.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -55926 — "Unable to spawn the compiler." The same class of spawn-failure error, for the compiler rather than the resource compiler.
  • -55927 — "Unable to spawn the linker." The same class of spawn-failure error, for the linker rather than the resource compiler.

The resource compiler couldn't be spawned — add its directory to PATH.