Informix Error -2033: The field name has a default value not within the range of its include list values.

Cause and resolution

The field name has a default value not within the range of its include list values.

The indicated field has both a DEFAULT attribute and an INCLUDE attribute, but they disagree. The default value is not one that is allowed. Modify one of the attributes, and recompile the form specification.

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Reasons / Common Causes

-2033 fires when a field's DEFAULT value doesn't appear in its own INCLUDE list — per the official guidance, this is a conflict between the two attributes on the same field.

A DEFAULT value not present in the field's INCLUDE list, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

Modify either the DEFAULT attribute or the INCLUDE attribute definitions, per the official guidance, so the default value is one of the included values, then recompile.

Examples

A DEFAULT outside the INCLUDE list

ATTRIBUTES
  status = order_status,
    DEFAULT = "new",
    INCLUDE = ("pending", "shipped", "cancelled");
-- -2033: "new" isn't in the INCLUDE list

Corrected

ATTRIBUTES
  status = order_status,
    DEFAULT = "pending",
    INCLUDE = ("pending", "shipped", "cancelled");

Diagnostic Checks

Compare the field's DEFAULT value against its INCLUDE list, and reconcile whichever side is wrong.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-1103 — "This value is not among the valid possibilities." A related INCLUDE-list error, about a user-entered value rather than the field's own DEFAULT.
-1301 — The 4GL-program equivalent of -1103's condition.

A field's DEFAULT value isn't in its own INCLUDE list — reconcile the two attributes.