Informix Error -4333: The name has already been called with a different number of parameters.

Reasons / Common Causes

-4333 fires when the same function or event is called elsewhere in the program with a different number of parameters — per the official guidance, at least one of those calls must be wrong. The official guidance specifically notes: when this appears near the top of a function alongside -4336, fix -4336 first, since -4333 usually disappears as a result. Only NewEra returns this error.

1. Two or more calls to the same function/event using different parameter counts, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Examine the FUNCTION/EVENT statement for the correct parameter count, per the official guidance.
2. Examine all calls to it, and correct any that are wrong, per the official guidance.
3. If -4336 also appears near the top of the function, fix that first, per the official guidance.

Examples

Inconsistent call arities

CALL save(1001)
...
CALL save(1001, "note")
-- -4333: save() called with 1 parameter here, 2 elsewhere

Corrected

CALL save(1001)
...
CALL save(1002)

Diagnostic Checks

1. Check the function/event's declaration for its correct parameter count, and correct every call site that disagrees; fix any -4336 in the same function first.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -4336 — "The parameter variable-name has not been defined within the function or report." A related error the official guidance explicitly says to fix first, since it often resolves -4333 as a side effect.

A function/event is called with inconsistent parameter counts — fix any related -4336 first, then correct the call sites.