Informix Error -16337: No previous search pattern.
Cause and resolution
No previous search pattern.
You cannot enter a Search command without specifying a search pattern, unless earlier in the same debugging session you specified a search pattern. Repeat the command, specifying a valid search pattern.
Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance
Reasons / Common Causes
-16337 fires when a Search command is entered without a pattern and no pattern was specified earlier in the session — per the official guidance.
- A Search command with no pattern, and no prior search pattern set this session, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
- Repeat the command, specifying a valid search pattern, per the official guidance.
Examples
A Search command with no pattern, and none set yet
> Search
Corrected
> Search my_pattern
Diagnostic Checks
- Check whether a search pattern was set earlier in the session, and supply one if not.
Related Errors / Related Topics
No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -16337 in this set yet.
A Search command has no pattern and none was set earlier this session — supply one.