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Informix Error -22247: Invalid BCD type (rhlvarval).

Cause and resolution

Invalid BCD type (rhlvarval).

If this internal error recurs, note all circumstances and contact IBM Informix Technical Support.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-22247 is an internal error — per the official guidance, an invalid BCD (binary-coded decimal) type was encountered in the rhlvarval internal routine.

  1. An invalid BCD type in the rhlvarval conversion routine, per the official guidance — no further user-actionable detail is given.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. If this internal error recurs, note all circumstances and contact IBM Informix Technical Support, per the official guidance.
Examples
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No specific triggering statement is documented — this is reported as an internal error.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Record the full sequence of events, and escalate to IBM Informix Technical Support if the error recurs.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -22245 — "Invalid BCD type (rvalhlvar)." The same class of internal BCD-conversion error, in the complementary rvalhlvar routine.
  • -22246 — "INTERNAL ERROR: BCD buffer too small (rhlvarval)." The same rhlvarval routine's complementary internal error, on a too-small buffer rather than an invalid type.

An invalid BCD type was encountered in an internal conversion routine — contact IBM Informix Technical Support if it recurs.