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Informix Error -16320: Missing left brace.

Cause and resolution

Missing left brace.

You must use left and right brace characters ({ and }) in balanced pairs.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-16320 fires when a Debugger command's brace characters ({/}) aren't balanced — per the official guidance.

  1. Unbalanced left/right brace characters, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Use left and right brace characters in balanced pairs, per the official guidance.
Examples
An unbalanced brace
> ALIAS f = { STEP; STEP }
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Count the brace characters in the command and confirm they're balanced.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -16320 in this set yet.

A command's brace characters aren't balanced — use {/} in matched pairs.