Informix Error -4365: Deferments of interrupt or quit may be executed only in the main program.

Cause and resolution

Deferments of interrupt or quit may be executed only in the main program.

The statements DEFER INTERRUPT and DEFER QUIT can only appear in the MAIN section of the program. They can appear only once each in a program.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-4365 fires when DEFER INTERRUPT or DEFER QUIT appears outside the MAIN section — per the official guidance, both statements can only appear in MAIN, and each only once per program.

DEFER INTERRUPT/DEFER QUIT used outside MAIN, per the official guidance — the first named case.
DEFER INTERRUPT/DEFER QUIT used more than once in the program, per the official guidance — the second named case.

Solutions / Resolution

Move DEFER INTERRUPT/DEFER QUIT into the MAIN section, per the official guidance.
Use each statement only once per program, per the official guidance.

Examples

DEFER INTERRUPT outside MAIN

FUNCTION setup()
  DEFER INTERRUPT
  -- -4365: DEFER INTERRUPT is only valid in MAIN
END FUNCTION

Corrected

MAIN
  DEFER INTERRUPT
  CALL setup()
END MAIN

Diagnostic Checks

Check where every DEFER INTERRUPT/DEFER QUIT statement appears, and confirm each is inside MAIN and used only once.

Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -4365 in this set yet.

DEFER INTERRUPT/DEFER QUIT is used outside MAIN (or more than once) — move it into MAIN and use it only once.