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Informix Error -7427: Argument is not a valid argument_name.

Cause and resolution

Argument is not a valid argument_name.

An argument to a DataBlade API is invalid. Verify the arguments used in each call to the DataBlade API.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-7427 fires when a DataBlade API argument is invalid — per the official guidance.

  1. An invalid value for the named DataBlade API argument, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Verify the arguments used in each call to the DataBlade API, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an invalid value for the named argument — see the DataBlade API reference for that call's argument requirements.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the value passed for the argument named in the error message, against the DataBlade API's documented requirements for that call.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -7420 — "Argument argument_name is invalid." The same class of error, with nearly identical wording.

A DataBlade API call received an invalid value for the named argument — check it against the API reference.