Informix Error -1362: 4GL runtime stack violation.

Reasons / Common Causes

-1362 is flagged by the official text as a critical internal error: the program attempted to access memory outside the boundaries of the 4GL runtime stack — per the official guidance, no application-level cause is named.

1. A genuine internal runtime-stack fault, per the official guidance's framing — no other documented application-level cause is named.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Note all circumstances and contact IBM Informix Technical Support, per the official guidance, if the error recurs — this is the documented, only resolution path.

Examples

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No specific triggering statement is documented — this is a critical internal runtime fault.

Diagnostic Checks

1. Capture the exact circumstances (program, operation in progress) at the time -1362 occurred, per the official guidance's own escalation path.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -1363 — "A fatal internal error has occurred - Application Terminating." A related critical internal error, about accessing memory outside the application's own space rather than the runtime stack specifically.
• -1364 — "Error recovery setup failed - Application Terminating." A related critical internal error, about the error-handling mechanism itself failing.

A critical internal runtime-stack fault with no documented application-level trigger — capture full circumstances and escalate to IBM Informix Technical Support if it recurs.