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OnLine Error Message Format

OnLine Error Message Format
The OnLine error message format is straightforward:
-nn Explanatory statement of error condition
OnLine messages begin with a number that identifies the category of error.
Explanatory text follows. Use the error message number as a key into the
InformixError Messages manual. The manual lists all Informix error messages
(not just OnLine messages), along with information about the cause of the
errorand corrective actions available to you. An example of an OnLine error
message follows:
-146 ISAM error: The other copy of this disk
is currently disabled or non-existent.
UNIX Error Message Format
UNIXoperating-system error messages are passed on to you by OnLine. Most
initialization errors generated byUNIX refer to shared-memory resource
deficiencies.These messages are returned to the OnLine initialization process
tbinit. For this reason,tbinit often appears first in the error message text.
Thetbinit process name is typically followed by three items of information
generated by UNIX. The specifics of the messages vary, depending both on
theerror and on your machine platform. In general, the message conforms to
the following format:
tbinit:UNIX_call[mnemonic][associated_values]
YourUNIX documentation contains precise information about the cause of
any UNIX errors and detailed information about corrective actions.
Usually,UNIX system call errors indicate a deficiency in a shared-memory
resource when OnLine is attempting to create its own shared memory. The
informationon page 2-18 describes how OnLine uses the UNIX kernel param-
etersin shared-memory creation. You might be able to diagnose the problem
and identify the appropriate corrective action from this information.