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Informix Error -33016: Macro definition for macro-name is incomplete.

Cause and resolution

Macro definition for macro-name is incomplete.

This preprocessor macro definition statement does not have the ESQL statement terminator. Add a semicolon(;) to the end of the statement.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-33016 fires when a preprocessor macro-definition statement is missing its terminator — per the official guidance, the ESQL statement terminator (;) is missing.

  1. A macro-definition statement missing its trailing semicolon, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Add a semicolon to the end of the macro-definition statement, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a missing terminator.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the flagged macro definition for a missing trailing semicolon, and add one.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -33016 in this set yet.

A macro-definition statement was missing its terminating semicolon — add one.