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Informix Error -6025: The table is already open.

Cause and resolution

The table is already open.

This call to dbselect() passed the name of a table that is already open. The table continues to be open. Review the program logic to see if it is making redundant calls to dbselect().

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-6025 fires when dbselect() is called for a table that's already open — per the archived catalogue, the table remains open and the call is effectively redundant.

  1. A redundant dbselect() call for an already-open table, per the archived catalogue — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Review the program logic for redundant dbselect() calls, per the archived catalogue.
Examples
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No specific triggering statement is documented beyond the function-level condition described above.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check whether the program is calling dbselect() more than once for the same table.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -6002 — "Tried to open more than one database."

A redundant dbselect() call on a table that's already open — the table stays open regardless.