In this blog post, let’s learn about the error message “25269 : The version of the system schema is version-1; metadata in catalog catalog cannot be downgraded to version version-2.” when working with HPE NonStop SQL/MX, the reason for the error and the solution to fix this error message.
Error Message
25269 : The version of the system schema is version-1; metadata in catalog catalog cannot be downgraded to version version-2.
Reason for the Error
Certain versions of user schemas cannot be represented in a higher version system schema. A DOWNGRADE of all metadata in a user catalog specified such a schema version which is lower than the system schema version.
Solution
Either use the DOWNGRADE ALL METADATA command to downgrade all metadata on the entire system or downgrade the metadata in the system catalog before downgrading metadata in user catalogs