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Informix Error -4032

-4032 Warning: The structure part of the THRU member "name" is ignored.

The statement included a THRU phrase of the following form:

rec.first THRU rec.last

The correct form is:

rec.first THRU last

The logic is that first THRU last modifies rec.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-4032 is a compiler warning about THRU phrasing: per the official guidance, writing rec.first THRU rec.last is not the correct form — the correct form is rec.first THRU last, since first THRU last as a whole modifies rec.

  1. A THRU phrase repeating the structure prefix on both sides (rec.first THRU rec.last), per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Use the correct form, rec.first THRU last, per the official guidance, omitting the repeated structure prefix on the second name.
Examples
An incorrect THRU form
DISPLAY rec.first THRU rec.last
-- -4032: the second "rec." is redundant and ignored
Corrected
DISPLAY rec.first THRU last
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check every THRU phrase involving a structure member, and remove the redundant structure prefix from the second name.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -4018 — "The columns specified in the THRU option do not belong to the same table." A related THRU-option error, about table membership rather than redundant structure prefix syntax.
  • -4019 — "The columns specified in the THRU option appear in the reverse order." A related THRU-option error, about column ordering rather than redundant structure prefix syntax.

A THRU phrase repeats the structure prefix on both names — drop the prefix from the second name.