Informix Error -23112: Place holder for invalid GCV argument.

Cause and resolution

Place holder for invalid GCV argument.

During code-set conversion, if both the input buffer and the output buffer are of NULL length, code-set conversion does not proceed, and the conversion process terminates after this error is returned. Check the logic of your application program.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-23112 fires when both the input and output buffers passed to code-set conversion are of NULL length — per the official guidance, conversion doesn't proceed and terminates after this error.

Both the input and output buffers being NULL-length, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

Check the logic of your application program, per the official guidance.

Examples

N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond both buffers being NULL-length.

Diagnostic Checks

Review the application's code-set conversion call for both buffers being NULL-length, and correct the logic.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-23113 — "Place holder for unknown GCV error." A related code-set conversion buffer error, on only the input buffer being NULL-length rather than both buffers.

Both the code-set conversion input and output buffers were NULL-length — review the application's logic.