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Informix Error -1269

Cause and resolution

Locator conversion error.

This message was issued because a function that requires an argument that is a locator (a reference to a BYTE or TEXT value) received something other than a valid locator (such as a NULL parameter, or an argument of any other data type).

Review the program logic to make sure the arguments are correct.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-1269 fires when a function requiring a locator argument (a reference to a BYTE/TEXT value) receives something else instead — per the official guidance, this includes a NULL parameter or an argument of any other data type.

  1. A NULL value passed where a locator is required, per the official guidance — the direct, named cause.
  2. An argument of the wrong data type entirely passed where a locator is required, per the official guidance's other named cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Review the program logic to make sure the arguments are correct, per the official guidance — confirm the argument is genuinely a locator, not NULL or another type.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented — check the function call's argument against the locator type it expects.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the argument passed to the locator-requiring function for NULL or a mismatched type.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -1269 in this set yet.

A function expecting a BYTE/TEXT locator received NULL or a mismatched type — review the argument being passed.