Informix Error -22628: Record component component-name not declared.

Cause and resolution

Record component component-name not declared.

This message indicates an IBM Informix ESQL/FORTRAN preprocessor error. Examine the related structure declaration for this record. The component-name element does not exist as it is typed within the structure declaration.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-22628 fires when a referenced record component doesn't exist in the structure declaration — per the official guidance, the component name doesn't exist as typed within the structure declaration.

A record component referenced by a name not present in the structure declaration, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

Examine the structure declaration for the record and correct the component name, per the official guidance.

Examples

N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond referencing a non-existent component.

Diagnostic Checks

Check the record's structure declaration for the flagged component name, and correct any mismatch.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-22620 — "Host object host variable not declared." A related declaration error, on the host variable itself rather than one of its record components.

A referenced record component doesn't exist in the structure declaration — check the component name against the structure's actual declaration.