Informix Error -6012: Beginning of file.

Cause and resolution

Beginning of file.

This call to dbfind() for the PRIOR row produced no data. The beginning of the table has been reached.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-6012 fires when a dbfind() call for the PRIOR row has reached the start of the table — per the archived catalogue, this is the expected signal that backward iteration is complete.

Iteration via dbfind(..., PRIOR) reaching the first row, per the archived catalogue — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

Treat this as the normal beginning-of-iteration signal, per the archived catalogue.

Examples

N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond the function-level condition described above.

Diagnostic Checks

Confirm this occurs at the point in backward iteration where the table is actually exhausted.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-6011 — "End of file."
-6009 — "There is no data in the table."

The normal beginning-of-table signal when iterating backward with dbfind(..., PRIOR).