Informix Error -35226: This line uses an Informix extension to ISO/ANSI SQL, near identifier or symbol name.

Reasons / Common Causes

-35226 shares its exact message text with -35036 — per the official guidance, it fires when the ESQL preprocessor, run with the -ansi option, detects an Informix-specific SQL extension that ISO/ANSI standard SQL doesn't define.

1. The -ansi compile option being used, per the official guidance — this warning is suppressed entirely without it.
2. An Informix-specific extension appearing in the flagged statement, per the official guidance, near the named identifier or symbol.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Use ANSI-compliant syntax to ensure maximum portability, per the official guidance.
2. If ANSI compliance isn't actually a requirement, drop the -ansi option instead of rewriting the statement.

Examples

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No specific triggering statement is documented beyond "an Informix extension... near identifier or symbol name" — the exact offending syntax varies per statement.

Diagnostic Checks

1. Confirm whether -ansi is actually required for this build before investing in rewriting the flagged statement.
2. Identify the specific Informix extension in use at the named identifier/symbol.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -35036 — Shares this exact message text and cause; the same ANSI-extension warning at a different code position in this set.
• -35038 — "This statement uses an Informix extension to the X/Open standard..." The X/Open-compliance-mode counterpart.
• -35227 — Shares -35038's message text; the X/Open counterpart to this code.

An Informix-specific SQL extension triggered this only because -ansi was in effect — use ANSI-compliant syntax, or drop -ansi if ANSI portability isn't actually needed.