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Informix Error -33049: Field type field-name has been used out of context.

Cause and resolution

Field type field-name has been used out of context.

The specified field-name is used incorrectly in the GET/SET DESCRIPTOR statement. See the GET DESCRIPTOR and SET DESCRIPTOR statements in the IBM Informix Guide to SQL: Syntax for the correct syntax.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-33049 fires when a field type is used incorrectly in a GET DESCRIPTOR/SET DESCRIPTOR statement — per the official guidance.

  1. A field type used out of context in GET DESCRIPTOR/SET DESCRIPTOR, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Correct the statement's syntax, per the official guidance, consulting the GET DESCRIPTOR/SET DESCRIPTOR entries in the IBM Informix Guide to SQL: Syntax.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a misused field type.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the flagged GET DESCRIPTOR/SET DESCRIPTOR statement's field type usage against the documented syntax.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -33049 in this set yet.

A field type was used out of context in GET DESCRIPTOR/SET DESCRIPTOR — check the statement's syntax.