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Informix Error -619

-619 A TEXT or BYTE error has occurred in the front-end application.

This statement transfers a BYTE or TEXT value between the database and the user program, but something has happened to prevent that. For example, perhaps it was not possible to allocate a buffer for a value that was located in memory. Check the accompanying ISAM error code for more information.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-619 fires when transferring a TEXT/BYTE value between the database server and the client program fails on the client side — per the official guidance's example, a failure to allocate a buffer for a value held in memory is one specific possibility.

  1. A client-side memory-allocation failure, per the official guidance's example — the client program couldn't allocate a buffer large enough for the TEXT/BYTE value being transferred.
  2. A client process running low on available memory generally, especially when transferring unusually large BLOB values.
  3. An underlying ISAM-level error during the transfer, per the official guidance's pointer to checking the accompanying ISAM error code.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Check the accompanying ISAM error code, per the official guidance, for the specific underlying reason.
  2. Check the client process's available memory, given the official guidance's specific buffer-allocation example, especially if the TEXT/BYTE value being transferred is unusually large.
  3. Consider streaming/chunked access to the BLOB value instead of loading it entirely into memory at once, if the client library supports it, for very large values that stress a single buffer allocation.
  4. If this recurs after ruling out client-side memory pressure, note all circumstances and contact IBM Informix Technical Support, per the official guidance.
Examples
Checking client-side memory before escalating
$ free -h    # or the platform-appropriate memory-check command

Confirm the client process has enough available memory for the size of TEXT/BYTE value being transferred.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the accompanying ISAM error code first, per the official guidance.
  2. Check the client process's available memory relative to the size of the BLOB value being transferred, given the official guidance's buffer-allocation example.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -600 through -605 — the server-side half of the TEXT/BYTE storage-operation error family; -619 is the client-side counterpart when the failure is in the front-end application rather than server-side storage.
  • -618 — "Error occurred while trying to copy TEXT or BYTE data." A related transfer-failure error, on the server side (row-to-row copy) rather than the client-transfer side.

A client-side transfer failure — check available client memory before escalating, given the official guidance's buffer-allocation example.