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Informix Error -33025: The name '<identifier>' is too long. </identifier>

Cause and resolution

The name '<identifier>' is too long. </identifier>

The specified SQL identifier is too long. The maximum length for identifiers depends on the database server. In IBM Informix Dynamic Server 9.2 or later, the maximum length is 128 characters. In other IBM Informix database servers, the maximum length is 18 characters.

Check the punctuation of the statement and the spelling of identifier. If the spelling and punctuation are as you intended, you need to change the declaration to use a shorter identifier.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-33025 fires when an SQL identifier exceeds the database server's maximum length — per the official guidance, that maximum is 128 characters on IBM Informix Dynamic Server 9.2 or later, and 18 characters on other IBM Informix database servers.

  1. An SQL identifier longer than the target server's maximum length, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Check the statement's punctuation and the identifier's spelling, per the official guidance — a punctuation error can make an otherwise-valid identifier appear too long.
  2. If the identifier is genuinely too long, shorten it in the declaration, per the official guidance.
Examples
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No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an over-length identifier.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the target server's maximum identifier length (128 characters on IDS 9.2+, 18 on earlier servers), and shorten the flagged identifier if it exceeds that.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -33025 in this set yet.

An SQL identifier exceeded the target server's maximum length (128 or 18 characters, depending on server version) — shorten it.