Informix Error -1103

Reasons / Common Causes

-1103 fires when a value entered for a field doesn't match the list or range of acceptable values defined for it via an INCLUDE attribute in the form-specification file — per the official guidance, -1301 is the equivalent error for 4GL programs specifically.

1. A value entered outside the field's INCLUDE-defined list or range, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
2. An INCLUDE list that's outdated relative to the data actually being entered, if valid business values have expanded since the form specification was last updated.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Enter a value within the field's defined INCLUDE list or range, per the official guidance.
2. If the value should genuinely be valid, review and update the form specification's INCLUDE attribute for that field.

Examples

The form specification's INCLUDE attribute

ATTRIBUTES
  status = order_status,
    INCLUDE = ("pending", "shipped", "cancelled");

Entering any value other than pending, shipped, or cancelled for this field triggers -1103.

Diagnostic Checks

1. Check the field's INCLUDE attribute in the form specification to confirm the actual set of acceptable values.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -1102 — "Field name not found in form." A related form-processing error, about a field name not resolving rather than a value failing validation.
• -1104 — "The two entries were not the same. Try again." A related form-processing error, about a VERIFY field's mismatched double-entry.
• -1301 — The 4GL-program equivalent of this same INCLUDE-list validation failure.

A value outside the field's INCLUDE-defined list or range — check the form specification's INCLUDE attribute (or see -1301 for the 4GL-program equivalent).