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Informix Error -1305

-1305 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 to another field. 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).

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-1305 is the 4GL-program equivalent of -1124: it fires when the cursor tries to leave a REQUIRED field with no value entered — per the official guidance, this is the same underlying condition, surfaced under 4GL specifically.

  1. Attempting to move off a REQUIRED field with no value entered, per the official guidance — the same direct cause as -1124.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Enter a value before moving to another field, per the official guidance — see -1124 for the full detail, including the type-then-backspace null-entry workaround.
  2. Use the Interrupt key (typically CTRL-C) to cancel form entry entirely, per the official guidance, if that's the actual intent.
Examples
N/A

This is the 4GL-program wording of -1124's condition — see -1124's examples for the underlying REQUIRED-attribute mechanism.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check whether the field is marked REQUIRED in the form specification, per -1124's diagnostic approach.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -1124 — "This field requires an entered value." The non-4GL wording of this same REQUIRED-field condition.
  • -1155 — "Enter value in field." The 4GL/RF handheld-terminal wording of this same condition.

The 4GL-program wording of -1124's REQUIRED-field condition — see -1124 for the full detail.