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Informix Error -33044: Precision must be greater than 0 and less than the specified number of digits.

Cause and resolution

Precision must be greater than 0 and less than the specified number of digits.

You specified the precision and/or the scale for a DECIMAL value incorrectly. See the IBM Informix Guide to SQL: Reference and the appropriate IBM Informix ESQL manual for proper usage.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-33044 fires when a DECIMAL value's precision and/or scale is specified incorrectly — per the official guidance.

  1. A DECIMAL precision/scale combination that's invalid, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause; precision must be greater than 0 and less than the specified digit count.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Correct the precision/scale per the IBM Informix Guide to SQL: Reference and the applicable ESQL manual, per the official guidance.
Examples
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No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an invalid precision/scale combination.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the flagged DECIMAL declaration's precision and scale, and correct them per the SQL Reference and ESQL manuals.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -33012 — "Number of digits must be 1 to 32." A related DECIMAL-declaration error, on the overall digit count rather than the precision/scale relationship.

A DECIMAL value's precision/scale was specified incorrectly — correct it per the SQL Reference and ESQL manuals.