Informix Error -22275: INTERNAL ERROR: Temporary buffer length has been exceeded.
Cause and resolution
INTERNAL ERROR: Temporary buffer length has been exceeded.
The string or buffer parameter to the function is longer than the internal buffer. Change the string or buffer declaration so that the string or buffer has a smaller maximum size.
Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance
Reasons / Common Causes
-22275 fires when a string or buffer parameter passed to a function is longer than the internal buffer — per the official guidance.
- A string/buffer parameter longer than the internal buffer, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
- Change the string or buffer declaration to a smaller maximum size, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A
No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an oversized string/buffer parameter.
Diagnostic Checks
- Check the size of the string/buffer parameter passed to the flagged function, and reduce its maximum declared size.
Related Errors / Related Topics
- -22234 — "Buffer provided by user is too small. Result will be truncated to fit buffer." A related buffer-size error, on a user-provided result buffer being too small rather than an input parameter being too large for an internal buffer.
A string/buffer parameter exceeded the internal temporary buffer's length — reduce its maximum declared size.