Informix Error -33003: Bad label format.

Reasons / Common Causes

-33003 fires when a statement label's form is incorrect — per the official guidance.

1. A label on the current statement that's incorrectly formed, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Correct the label's form, per the official guidance, referring to the embedded-language manual for accepted label formats.

Examples

N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an incorrectly-formed label.

Diagnostic Checks

1. Check the flagged label's format against the embedded-language manual's accepted forms.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -33019 — "Label is too long." A related label-format error, on length specifically rather than form generally.

A statement label was incorrectly formed — check it against the embedded-language manual's accepted label formats.