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Informix Error -1125

-1125 Type again for verification.

The cursor is in a form field that has been designated VERIFY. You must enter the value twice, identically, before the cursor can move on to another field. This requirement helps to ensure that no typographical errors occur during data entry. Alternatively, you can cancel form entry with the Interrupt key (usually CTRL-C, but see the operating instructions that the program author supplied).

For 4GL programs, -1306 replaces this error.

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Reasons / Common Causes

-1125 is the prompt-side counterpart to -1104: it appears when the cursor is in a VERIFY field awaiting the required second, confirming entry — per the official guidance, -1306 is the equivalent error for 4GL programs specifically.

  1. A VERIFY field reached and awaiting its required second entry, per the official guidance — this is the normal prompt for that field type, not necessarily a mistake by itself (compare -1104, which fires when the two entries actually mismatch).
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Type the value again, identically, to confirm it, per the official guidance.
  2. Use the Interrupt key (typically CTRL-C) to bypass/cancel form entry, per the official guidance, if confirmation isn't actually intended.
Examples
The form specification's VERIFY attribute
ATTRIBUTES
  password = user_password,
    VERIFY;

Reaching this field after the first entry prompts for the second, matching entry.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Confirm the field is marked VERIFY, and enter the same value a second time to proceed.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -1104 — "The two entries were not the same. Try again." The related failure case: the required second entry didn't match the first.
  • -1124 — "This field requires an entered value." A related form-entry error, about a REQUIRED field's must-have-a-value rule rather than VERIFY's double-entry confirmation.
  • -1306 — The 4GL-program equivalent of this same VERIFY confirmation prompt.

A VERIFY field is awaiting its required second, confirming entry (see -1104 for the mismatch case, and -1306 for the 4GL-program equivalent).