Informix Error -33009: The component name component-name has already been used.

Cause and resolution

The component name component-name has already been used.

The record component was declared twice in the same record/structure. Check the spelling of component names and the syntax of the declaration.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-33009 fires when a record component is declared twice within the same record/structure — per the official guidance.

A record component declared more than once in the same record/structure, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

Check the spelling of component names and the declaration's syntax, per the official guidance, and remove or rename the duplicate.

Examples

N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a duplicate component declaration.

Diagnostic Checks

Check the record/structure's declaration for a repeated component name, and rename or remove the duplicate.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-33008 — "Record component component-name was not declared." A related record-component error, on a missing declaration rather than a duplicate one.

A record component was declared twice in the same record/structure — check for a naming duplicate.