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Informix Error -8124: A user variable used in the above query has not been defined in the DEFINE section.

Cause and resolution

A user variable used in the above query has not been defined in the DEFINE section.

A variable that is named in the SELECT statement is not defined in the DEFINE section of the report. Check that all names in the SELECT statement are the ones that you intended and that you have not misspelled any column or variable names.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-8124 fires when the SELECT statement names a variable that isn't defined in the DEFINE section — per the official guidance.

  1. A misspelled column or variable name in the SELECT statement, per the official guidance — the direct, likely cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Check that all names in the SELECT statement are the ones intended, and that no column or variable name is misspelled, per the official guidance.
Examples
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No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a misspelled name in the SELECT statement.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Compare every name in the SELECT statement against the actual database columns and the DEFINE section's declared variables, and fix any mismatch.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -8110 — "The user variable called name has not yet been defined." The general version of this same undefined-name condition, not specific to the SELECT statement.

A variable named in the SELECT statement isn't defined — check for a misspelled column or variable name.