Informix Error -2843

-2843 The column column-name does not appear in the form specification.

A name in this ATTRIBUTES statement should have been defined previously in the form specification. Check that all names in the statement are spelled correctly and defined properly.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-2843 fires when an ATTRIBUTES statement references a name that wasn't previously defined elsewhere in the form specification — per the official guidance, this is a name-resolution mismatch.

A misspelled column/field name in the ATTRIBUTES statement, per the official guidance — the direct, common cause.
A name that genuinely was never defined anywhere else in the form.

Solutions / Resolution

Verify that all names in the statement are correctly spelled and properly defined in the form, per the official guidance.

Examples

A misspelled column reference

ATTRIBUTES
  order_id = order_iid;
-- -2843: "order_iid" doesn't appear anywhere else in the form specification

Corrected

ATTRIBUTES
  order_id = order_id;

Diagnostic Checks

Check the spelling of every name in the ATTRIBUTES statement against the rest of the form specification.

Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -2843 in this set yet.

A name in the ATTRIBUTES statement doesn't appear anywhere else in the form — check spelling and definition.