Error codes 25000 – 25999

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Last updated: Oct 22, 2019 by Alexandr Kudentsov (Unlicensed)
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25553 Sqlhosts file not found or cannot be opened.

The sqlhosts file is required to determine information to establish connection to a local or remote server. Create an sqlhosts file in the directory $INFORMIXDIR/etc according to the format that the manual for your database server product describes.

25554 INFORMIXSERVER environment variable too long.

The value of INFORMIXSERVER is too long for a database server name. The maximum length for database server names depends on the database server. In Informix Dynamic Server 9.2 or 9.3, the maximum length is 128 characters. In other Informix database servers, the maximum length is 18 characters.
Set the INFORMIXSERVER environment variable to a database server name that does not exceed the maximum length and try again.

25555 The INFORMIXSERVER specified cannot be found in the sqlhosts file.

25556 Invalid sqlhosts file format.

25558 The NFS/RFS host host-name is not listed as a dbserver name in sqlhosts.

The database server that is mentioned in the current command resides on an NFS- or RFS-mounted file system. However, no entry exists with the NFS or RFS host for the dbservername that is listed in the sqlhosts file. Ask your Informix database admini-25559 DBPATH server server-name is not listed as a dbserver name in sqlhosts.
The database server that your DBPATH environment variable setting specifies is not listed in the $INFORMIXDIR/etc/sqlhosts file. Check that every database server that is mentioned in DBPATH corresponds to an entry in the sqlhosts file.strator to add the entry to the sqlhosts file. If you are using INFORMIX-SE, be sure that an sqlexecd daemon is running on the NFS or RFS host.

25559 DBPATH server server-name is not listed as a dbserver name in sqlhosts.

The database server that your DBPATH environment variable setting specifies is not listed in the $INFORMIXDIR/etc/sqlhosts file. Check that every database server that is mentioned in DBPATH corresponds to an entry in the sqlhosts file.

25560 Environment variable INFORMIXSERVER must be set.

The INFORMIXSERVER environment variable must specify a default database server.

25595 Invalid message received during connection attempt.

An error occurred when you tried to connect to the desired database server.
If you are using Informix Dynamic Server,INFORMIX-Universal Server, or INFORMIX-OnLine Dynamic Server, verify that the database server is still online. If you are using INFORMIX-SE, verify that the sqlexecd daemon for the database server is still running. Also, verify that the $INFORMIXDIR/etc/sqlhosts file entry for the database server is correct

25596 The INFORMIXSERVER value is not listed in the sqlhosts file or the Registry.

The default database server name that the INFORMIXSERVER environment variable specifies must be a valid database server name in the file $INFORMIXDIR/etc/sqlhosts on UNIX or the registry on Windows. Check that the specified server is listed in the sqlhost file or the registry.

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