Displaying detailed Informix® error messages

Use the finderr command to display more detailed error messages whenever you encounter database server errors.

This topic contains steps for both Windows® and UNIX®.

The command is available in the subdirectory of your Rational® Synergy installation as follows:

CCM_HOME\informix\bin

$CCM_HOME/informix/bin

Windows

Procedure

  1. Run this command on an installation that includes the Admin Tools (that is, main server or additional server).

    Its usage is finderr message_number.

  2. Type the following commands to receive a descriptive error message for error 131:
    > CCM_HOME\informix\setenv.cmd
    > finderr -131

    A Windows help dialog box displays the output:

    Informix error message for error 131

UNIX

About this task

Any user can run this command.

Procedure

  1. Ensure that the Informix bin directory is in your path.
  2. Type the command syntax as follows:

    $ finderr message_number

    For example, the following command displays a description of error 131:

    $ finderr 131


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