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DB_E_BADINDEXID
Meaning
Windows documents DB_E_BADINDEXID as “Index ID is invalid”. In this case, an index definition or lookup receives a DBID that is not a valid index identifier for the provider.
Relevant contract
OLE DB index definitions bind an index DBID to one base table, an ordered list of key-column DBIDs, per-key sort direction and optional index properties. Index identity is therefore not interchangeable with table, command or constraint identity, even when each uses the DBID structure.
Investigation of this result should start with the session, target base table, current index schema metadata and index DBID being validated.
Diagnostic sequence
- Identify the exact failing stage: an index definition or lookup receives a DBID that is not a valid index identifier for the provider.
Conditions that specifically lead to it
- Cause 1: the DBID kind is unsupported for indexes.
- Cause 2: the name violates provider identifier syntax.
- Cause 3: an index ID from another catalog or table is reused.
Evidence to collect
A useful diagnostic event records provider CLSID and version, process architecture, interface IID and method, object correlation ID, transaction state and the immediately preceding HRESULT. When recording diagnostic data involving catalog names, table names, index keys and provider property values, use types, lengths, hashes or redacted identifiers rather than secrets or complete business data.
- Evidence 1: complete DBID and provider identifier rules.
- Evidence 2: target table and catalog.
- Evidence 3: current index schema rowset.
Corrective actions
- Action 1: construct the index ID from provider-supported DBID forms.
- Action 2: resolve existing index IDs from current metadata.
- Action 3: keep index identities scoped to table and catalog.
Retry and recovery
Retry rule: retry after supplying a syntactically valid index DBID.
Difference from nearby HRESULT values
DB_E_NOINDEX means a valid index ID is not found, while DB_E_BADINDEXID means the identifier itself is invalid.
Practical scenario
A migration uses a GUID-style DBID with a provider that accepts named indexes only; converting to the provider form avoids it. Keeping it with the method and object state makes this scenario diagnosable instead of reducing it to “database error”.
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