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Informix Error -1119

-1119 NEXT FIELD name not found in form.

This statement (INPUT or INPUT ARRAY) contains a NEXT FIELD clause that names a field that is not defined in the form. Perhaps the form has been changed, but the program has not. Also see the note for error message -1102.

For 4GL programs, -1371 replaces this error.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-1119 fires when an INPUT or INPUT ARRAY statement's NEXT FIELD clause names a field that doesn't exist in the form definition — per the official guidance, the likely cause is that the form was changed without updating the program to match; -1371 is the equivalent error for 4GL programs specifically.

  1. The form specification changed (a field renamed or removed) without updating the program's NEXT FIELD clauses to match, per the official guidance's named likely cause.
  2. A typo in the NEXT FIELD clause's field name.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Update the NEXT FIELD clause to reference a field that actually exists in the current form definition, per the official guidance.
  2. Review the form specification for recent field renames/removals that the program hasn't been updated to reflect.
Examples
A stale NEXT FIELD reference
INPUT BY NAME order_id, status
  AFTER FIELD status
    NEXT FIELD customer_num
  END INPUT
-- -1119: the form no longer has a field named customer_num
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check every NEXT FIELD clause's referenced field name against the current form specification.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -1102 — "Field name not found in form." A related form-processing error, about a general field reference not resolving, rather than one specific to NEXT FIELD.
  • -1371 — The 4GL-program equivalent of this same NEXT FIELD mismatch.

The form was changed without updating the program's NEXT FIELD clause to match — update it to reference a field that actually exists (see -1371 for the 4GL-program equivalent).