{"record":{"id":"9a6f0a988f5e8105","repo":"pentaho/pentaho-kettle","slug":"the-error-was-gotten-from-ingres-sql-process","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"The error was gotten from ingres sql process","messagePattern":"The error was gotten from ingres sql process","errorType":"exception","errorClass":"SQLException","httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"plugins/ivw-bulk-loader/impl/src/main/java/org/pentaho/di/trans/steps/ivwloader/IngresVectorwiseLoader.java","lineNumber":406,"sourceCode":"\n  public boolean processRow( StepMetaInterface smi, StepDataInterface sdi ) throws KettleException {\n    meta = (IngresVectorwiseLoaderMeta) smi;\n    data = (IngresVectorwiseLoaderData) sdi;\n\n    try {\n      Object[] r = getRow(); // Get row from input rowset & set row busy!\n      // no more input to be expected...\n      if ( r == null ) {\n        // only close output after the first row was processed\n        // to prevent error (NPE) on empty rows set\n        if ( !first ) {\n          closeOutput();\n        }\n\n        if ( logWriter != null ) {\n          logWriteThread.join();\n          if ( logWriter.isErrorsOccured() ) {\n            throw new SQLException( \"The error was gotten from ingres sql process\" );\n          }\n        }\n\n        if ( vwLoadMonitorThread != null ) {\n          vwLoadMonitorThread.join();\n        }\n\n        setOutputDone();\n        return false;\n      }\n\n      if ( first ) {\n        first = false;\n\n        // Cache field indexes.\n        //\n        data.keynrs = new int[meta.getFieldStream().length];\n        for ( int i = 0; i < data.keynrs.length; i++ ) {","sourceCodeStart":388,"sourceCodeEnd":424,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/pentaho/pentaho-kettle/blob/f3058517a153da500bf4551f46d79b91bf8ec552/plugins/ivw-bulk-loader/impl/src/main/java/org/pentaho/di/trans/steps/ivwloader/IngresVectorwiseLoader.java#L388-L424","documentation":"Thrown by the Ingres VectorWise bulk loader step after joining the SQL log-writer thread. The background thread that reads the ingres sql process log reported errors (logWriter.isErrorsOccured()), so the step surfaces a generic SQLException because the actual details were logged by the writer thread.","triggerScenarios":"processRow finishes loading and joins logWriteThread; the thread's isErrorsOccured() flag is true, meaning the 'ingres sql' process wrote errors to its log while consuming the fifo/stdin data.","commonSituations":"Invalid column names or types in the field mapping; data that violates Ingres table constraints; the vwload/ingres process failing to start or dying mid-load; wrong Ingres installation or environment variables.","solutions":["Check the step and Spoon logs plus the ingres sql process log output for the underlying error message reported by the log writer thread.","Verify the field-to-column mapping (names, order, types) matches the target Ingres table.","Test the target table accepts the data (constraints, not-null, widths) with a small batch.","Confirm the Ingres/VectorWise client tools and environment (II_SYSTEM etc.) are correctly set up on the machine running the transformation."],"exampleFix":"// before: generic failure with no visible cause\nthrow new SQLException( \"The error was gotten from ingres sql process\" );\n// after: include the captured log output for diagnosability\nString logTail = logWriter.getLastLogLines();\nthrow new SQLException( \"The error was gotten from ingres sql process: \" + logTail );","handlingStrategy":"try-catch","validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"try { loader.processRow(); } catch (SQLException e) { /* inspect ingres sql process log / step log for real cause */ log.error(\"Ingres load failed: {}\", e.getMessage(), e); }","preventionTips":["Validate field mappings against the live Ingres table schema before large loads.","Test-load a small sample first.","Keep the Ingres client environment correctly configured on the execution host."],"tags":["database","ingres","bulk-loader","background-thread"],"backgroundTag":"database-write-failed","analyzedSha":"f3058517a153da500bf4551f46d79b91bf8ec552","analyzedAt":"2026-09-13T14:04:16.340Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-13T14:04:16.340Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-20T23:17:15.980Z"}