Informix Error -9498: Incorrect path to JAR file specified: (<pathname>).

Reasons / Common Causes

-9498 fires when the pathname given for a JAR file to be installed is incorrect — per the official guidance.

1. An incorrect pathname for the JAR file, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Correct the path to the JAR file and retry, per the official guidance.

Examples

An incorrect JAR path

EXECUTE PROCEDURE install_jar('file:/wrong/path/myjar.jar', 'MyJar', 0);
-- -9498 if the file doesn't exist at that path

Corrected

EXECUTE PROCEDURE install_jar('file:/correct/path/myjar.jar', 'MyJar', 0);

Diagnostic Checks

1. Check that the JAR file actually exists at the given path, on the database server host, and correct the path if not.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -9486 — "Invalid URL." A related jar-installation error, on the URL's syntax rather than the pathname being incorrect/nonexistent.

The path given for the JAR file to install was incorrect — correct it and retry.