HPE NonStop SQL/MX Error – 20149 External indexes exist for this object-type. Since the source and target have the same catalog and schema, index-map must be specified. DUP cannot be performed.

In this blog post, let’s learn about the error message “20149 External indexes exist for this object-type. Since the source and target have the same catalog and schema, index-map must be specified. DUP cannot be performed.” when working with HPE NonStop SQL/MX, the reason for the error and the solution to fix this error message.

Error Message

20149 External indexes exist for this object-type. Since the source and target have the same catalog and schema, index-map must be specified. DUP cannot be performed.

Reason for the Error

You failed to define all the indexes of the index-map.

Solution

Specify the target indexes through the index-map clause and resubmit