Informix Error -9625: Alignment must be set to 1, 2, 4 or 8.

Cause and resolution

Alignment must be set to 1, 2, 4 or 8.

When you use the CREATE OPAQUE TYPE statement to define an opaque type, the value that you specify for the alignment modifier must be 1, 2, 4, or 8. Redefine the type with a valid value.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-9625 fires when a CREATE OPAQUE TYPE statement's alignment modifier isn't 1, 2, 4, or 8 — per the official guidance.

An alignment value other than 1, 2, 4, or 8, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

Redefine the type with a valid alignment value (1, 2, 4, or 8), per the official guidance.

Examples

An invalid alignment

CREATE OPAQUE TYPE my_type (alignment = 3, ...);   -- -9625

Corrected

CREATE OPAQUE TYPE my_type (alignment = 4, ...);

Diagnostic Checks

Check the alignment modifier's value, and set it to 1, 2, 4, or 8.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-9623 — "Internal length must be greater than zero and smaller than 32,768." A related CREATE OPAQUE TYPE modifier-validity error, on internal length rather than alignment.
-9624 — "Maximum length must be greater than zero and smaller than 32,768." A related CREATE OPAQUE TYPE modifier-validity error, on maximum length rather than alignment.

The alignment modifier wasn't 1, 2, 4, or 8 — correct it.