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Informix Error -33068: ELIF after ELSE.

Cause and resolution

ELIF after ELSE.

The ESQL preprocessor ELSE statement indicates the last part of an IFDEF or IFNDEF statement; another ELIF part might not follow. Review the contents of this IFDEF or IFNDEF statement and put its parts in order.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-33068 fires when an ELIF follows an ELSE within the same IFDEF/IFNDEF — per the official guidance, ELSE marks the last part of the conditional, so no further ELIF part may follow.

  1. An ELIF clause placed after ELSE in the same conditional, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Reorder the conditional's parts so ELIF comes before ELSE, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an out-of-order ELIF/ELSE.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the flagged IFDEF/IFNDEF block's clause order, and move any ELIF before its ELSE.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -33052 — "Unmatched ELSE." A related conditional-pairing error.
  • -33053 — "Unmatched ENDIF." A related conditional-pairing error.
  • -33062 — "Missing ENDIF." A related conditional-pairing error.
  • -33067 — "ELIF without IFDEF." A related conditional-pairing error, on ELIF missing its IFDEF entirely rather than following ELSE.

An ELIF clause followed ELSE in the same conditional — reorder so ELIF comes first.