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Informix Error -33023: Quoted string too long for SQL.

Cause and resolution

Quoted string too long for SQL.

The quoted string is too long to fit in the internal buffers. Check the statement for a missing end quote.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-33023 fires when a quoted string exceeds the preprocessor's internal buffer — per the official guidance, often from a missing end quote.

  1. A quoted string too long for the preprocessor's internal buffers, per the official guidance — the direct cause.
  2. A missing end quote, extending the apparent string, per the official guidance — a common underlying mistake.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Check the statement for a missing end quote, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an over-length quoted string.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the flagged statement for a missing end quote, and shorten the string if it's genuinely too long.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -33023 in this set yet.

A quoted string was too long for SQL, often from a missing end quote — check the statement's punctuation.