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Informix Error -4030

-4030 Warning: Cannot further expand an expanded expression.

An expression cannot have multiple .* suffixes.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-4030 is a compiler warning: per the official guidance, an expression can't have multiple .* suffixes.

  1. An expression with more than one .* (expansion) suffix, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Remove the extra .* suffix, keeping only one per expression.
Examples
A doubly-expanded expression
DISPLAY rec.*.*
-- -4030: only one .* suffix is allowed
Corrected
DISPLAY rec.*
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check every expression using .*, and confirm it appears at most once.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -4030 in this set yet.

An expression has more than one .* expansion suffix — keep only one.