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Informix Error -7210: This server does not have NLS capability.

Cause and resolution

This server does not have NLS capability.

You tried to access an NLS database from a non-NLS-ready database server. This database server does not support NLS. Contact IBM Corporation for a version that does support NLS.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-7210 fires when an NLS database is accessed from a database server that doesn't support NLS — per the official guidance.

  1. The connected database server doesn't support NLS, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Contact IBM Corporation for a version that does support NLS, per the official guidance, if NLS functionality is required.
Examples
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No specific triggering statement is documented beyond connecting to a non-NLS-capable server.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Confirm whether the connected database server version supports NLS, and upgrade if NLS functionality is required.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -7202 — "Database was created without NLS functionality." A related NLS restriction, about a specific database lacking NLS rather than the server itself lacking NLS support.
  • -7211 — "Cannot reference an external NLS database." A related NLS restriction, about referencing an NLS database from a non-NLS current database, rather than the server lacking NLS support entirely.

The connected database server doesn't support NLS at all — a server upgrade is required for NLS functionality.