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Informix Error -9790: Language Manager initialization failed.

Cause and resolution

Language Manager initialization failed.

This error can occur in the following scenarios:

1. The database server could not load internal C language or initialize data areas during server initialization.

The following error message appears in the log:

Language Manager initialization failed.

2. An internal Language Manager error occurs during UDR loading or execution, causing a failure such as memory allocation or locking.

The following error messages appears in the log:

ERROR: Loading Routine routine_name procid = process_ID_number file: sqlmload.c

ERROR: Unloading Routine routine_name procid = process_ID_number file: sqlmunld.c

ERROR: Routine execution problem -- procname= procedure_name procid = process_ID_number file: sqlmexec.c

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-9790 fires when the database server's Language Manager fails to initialize — per the official guidance.

  1. The server failing to load internal C language support or initialize data areas during server startup, per the official guidance — the first named scenario.
  2. An internal Language Manager error during UDR loading or execution, per the official guidance — the second named scenario, e.g. memory allocation or locking failures.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Check the log for the exact accompanying message and scenario, consistent with the official guidance's two documented scenarios, and address the underlying resource or configuration issue.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented; check online.log for the accompanying detail.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check online.log for "Language Manager initialization failed" and surrounding messages, to determine whether it's a startup-time or UDR-load/execution-time failure.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -9791 — "User-defined routine execution failed." A related Language Manager error, on a specific routine's execution rather than the Language Manager's own initialization.
  • -9792 — "User-defined-routine language initialization failed." A related Language Manager error, on a specific language's module initialization rather than the Language Manager overall.

The Language Manager failed to initialize, either at server startup or during UDR loading/ execution — check online.log for the specific scenario.