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Informix Error -4129

-4129 Object name expected.

In the HANDLE statement, the event was prefixed with a "name." qualifier, but the name is not that of a known object.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-4129 fires when a HANDLE statement's event is prefixed with a name. qualifier, but name isn't a known object — per the official guidance, the qualifier must actually name an object.

  1. A HANDLE event's dot-qualifier prefix isn't a known object, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Check the spelling of the qualifier, and confirm it names an actual declared object.
Examples
A dot-qualifier that isn't a known object
HANDLE notAnObject.MyEvent WITH myHandler
-- -4129: notAnObject is not a known object
Corrected
DEFINE o Order
HANDLE o.MyEvent WITH myHandler
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the spelling of the object-name qualifier before the event in the HANDLE statement.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -4127 — "Event expected." A related HANDLE-statement error, about the event identifier itself not being a declared event, rather than its object-name qualifier being invalid.

The HANDLE statement's event qualifier isn't a known object — check its spelling.