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Informix Error -9072

Cause and resolution

The count records from the ascii input file have been read in.

This informational message helps you locate the source of a problem in the ASCII input file. The problem that is described in another message was found in the count line of the file.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-9072 is an informational message, not itself an error condition — per the official guidance, it reports how many records had been read from the ASCII input file at the point another error (such as -9070 or -9071) was found.

  1. Accompanies another ASCII-input error, per the official guidance — it names the record count reached when that other problem occurred, to help locate it.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Use the reported count to locate the offending line in the ASCII input file, per the official guidance, then resolve the accompanying error (e.g. -9070 or -9071).
Examples
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This is an informational locator message, not a standalone failure to reproduce.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Use the record count reported by -9072 to find the offending line, and check it against the report's DEFINE ASCII field structure.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -9070 — "A record in the flat ascii input file contains more data fields than what was specified in the DEFINE ASCII statement of the report." A common error this informational message accompanies.
  • -9071 — "A record in the flat ascii input file contains less data fields than what was specified in the DEFINE ASCII statement of the report." A common error this informational message accompanies.

This is an informational message giving the ASCII input record count reached when another error was found — use it to locate the offending line.