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Informix Error -8243: User <user-name> does not hold a security label for READ access. </user-name>

Cause and resolution

User <user-name> does not hold a security label for READ access. </user-name>

To execute the built-in function SECLABEL_TO_CHAR, the user must have a security label for READ access of the security policy. Ask the DBSECADM to grant a security label for READ access.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-8243 fires when SECLABEL_TO_CHAR() is called by a user with no READ-access security label — per the official guidance, this built-in function requires one.

  1. The user lacks a READ-access security label for the security policy, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Ask the DBSECADM to grant a security label for READ access, per the official guidance.
Examples
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No specific triggering statement is documented beyond SECLABEL_TO_CHAR() called without a READ-access label.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Confirm the user has a READ-access security label for the relevant security policy, and have a DBSECADM grant one if missing.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -8229 — "User does not have SETSESSIONAUTH privilege." A related LBAC missing-privilege error, for SETSESSIONAUTH rather than a READ-access security label.

A user lacks a READ-access security label needed for SECLABEL_TO_CHAR() — have a DBSECADM grant one.