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Informix Error -3451: This form has no fields requiring data entry.

Cause and resolution

This form has no fields requiring data entry.

None of the fields in this form specification permit data entry; they are all marked as either LOOKUP or DISPLAYONLY without the ALLOWING INPUT keywords.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-3451 fires when an Add/Update operation is attempted on a form where no field permits data entry — per the official guidance, every field is marked either LOOKUP or DISPLAYONLY without the ALLOWING INPUT keywords.

  1. Every field in the form is LOOKUP or DISPLAYONLY without ALLOWING INPUT, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Add ALLOWING INPUT to at least one field that should accept data entry, consistent with the official guidance's identification of the missing keywords as the cause.
Examples
A LOOKUP field allowing input
ATTRIBUTES
  cust_name = customer.name, LOOKUP = (customer.name), ALLOWING INPUT;
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the form specification for at least one field with ALLOWING INPUT, and add it to whichever field should accept data entry.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -3451 in this set yet.

No field in the form allows data entry — add ALLOWING INPUT to at least one LOOKUP or DISPLAYONLY field that should accept it.