Informix Error -22645: Incorrect dimension on array variable.

Cause and resolution

Incorrect dimension on array variable.

This message indicates an IBM Informix ESQL/FORTRAN preprocessor error. The symbol is not an array variable or the dimension is incorrect.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-22645 fires when a symbol used as an array either isn't declared as an array or its dimension is incorrect — per the official guidance.

The symbol not actually being an array variable, per the official guidance — the first named case.
The array's dimension being incorrect for the reference, per the official guidance — the second named case.

Solutions / Resolution

Check the symbol's declaration, per the official guidance's implication, and confirm it's declared as an array with the expected dimension.

Examples

N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a non-array symbol or an incorrect dimension.

Diagnostic Checks

Check the flagged symbol's declaration, and confirm it's an array with a dimension matching its usage.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-22646 — "Incorrect levels of indirection." A related array-usage error, on indexing/indirection depth rather than the array's dimension being incorrect.

A symbol wasn't an array, or its dimension was incorrect — check its declaration.