Informix Error -9792: User-defined-routine language initialization failed.

Reasons / Common Causes

-9792 fires when a UDR language's module fails to load, or an internal language error occurs during its initialization — per the official guidance; logged as ERROR: Initializing Language language_name Module module_name.

1. The language's module failing to load, per the official guidance — the first named cause.
2. An internal language error during initialization, per the official guidance — the second named cause.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Check online.log for the named language and module, and verify the module file exists, is readable, and matches the expected language.

Examples

Checking the log message

ERROR: Initializing Language language_name Module module_name

Diagnostic Checks

1. Check online.log for the specific language and module named, and verify the module's presence, permissions, and compatibility.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -9790 — "Language Manager initialization failed." A related Language Manager error, on the Language Manager overall rather than a specific language's module.
• -9793 — "User Defined Routine () module load failed." A related module-loading error, for a specific routine's module rather than a language's initialization.

A UDR language's module failed to initialize — check online.log for the module name and verify its presence/permissions.