Informix Error -1124

-1124 This field requires an entered value.

The cursor is in a form field that has been designated REQUIRED. You must enter some value before the cursor can move on to another field. However, to enter a null value, type any printable character and then backspace. Alternatively, you can cancel the form entry with the Interrupt key (usually CTRL-C, but see the operating instructions that the program author supplied).

For 4GL programs, -1305 replaces this error.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-1124 fires when the cursor tries to leave a form field marked REQUIRED without a value having been entered — per the official guidance, -1305 is the equivalent error for 4GL programs specifically.

Attempting to move off a REQUIRED field with no value entered, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

Enter a value before moving to another field, per the official guidance.
To enter a null value on a REQUIRED field, type a character then backspace, per the official guidance's documented workaround.
Use the Interrupt key (typically CTRL-C) to cancel form entry entirely, per the official guidance, if that's the actual intent.

Examples

The form specification's REQUIRED attribute

ATTRIBUTES
  order_id = order_id,
    REQUIRED;

Tabbing away from this field with nothing entered triggers -1124.

Diagnostic Checks

Check whether the field is marked REQUIRED in the form specification, and enter a value (or the type-then-backspace workaround for a null) before moving on.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-1125 — "Type again for verification." A related form-entry error, about a VERIFY field's double-entry requirement rather than a REQUIRED field's must-have-a-value rule.
-1305 — The 4GL-program equivalent of this same REQUIRED-field condition.

A REQUIRED field needs a value (or the type-then-backspace workaround for null) before moving on (see -1305 for the 4GL-program equivalent).