Informix Error -4502: The 4GL program has run out of runtime data space memory.

Reasons / Common Causes

-4502 is a legacy code — per the official guidance, it has been replaced by error -1319. See -1319 for the current documentation of this condition: the running 4GL program has exhausted its runtime data space memory.

1. This exact wording is superseded, per the official guidance — -1319 now covers the same underlying condition.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Treat this as -1319 and apply that code's resolution steps, per the official guidance.

Examples

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No triggering example is documented separately from -1319 — see that code for worked examples of the underlying memory-exhaustion condition.

Diagnostic Checks

1. Confirm the environment/version reporting -4502 rather than -1319, and refer to -1319 for the actual diagnostic steps.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -1319 — "The 4GL program has run out of runtime data space memory." The current, active code that has replaced -4502.

-4502 has been replaced by -1319 — refer to that code for the current documentation of this runtime memory-exhaustion condition.