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Informix Error -9873: Not owner of operator class.

Cause and resolution

Not owner of operator class.

You cannot drop an operator class unless you are the owner or the database administrator. Contact the database administrator or the owner of the operator class.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-9873 fires when a user who isn't the owner or a DBA tries to drop an operator class — per the official guidance.

  1. The user neither owning the operator class nor being the database administrator, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Contact the database administrator or the operator class's owner, per the official guidance, to have them drop it or grant appropriate access.
Examples
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No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an unauthorized DROP OPCLASS attempt.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the operator class's owner in the system catalog, and rerun as the owner or a DBA.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -9872 — "Cannot drop operator class operator_class_name: still in use." A related DROP-OPCLASS restriction, on the class still being in use rather than authorization.

The user wasn't the operator class's owner or a DBA — rerun as the owner or a DBA.