Informix Error -4646: The specified WORDWRAP RIGHT MARGIN value is out of range. It must be greater than or equal to the current column and less than or equal to the report's right margin.

Reasons / Common Causes

-4646 fires when a PRINT statement's WORDWRAP right-margin value falls outside the valid range — per the official guidance, it must be at least the current column and at most the report's right margin, which is set in the report's OUTPUT section.

1. A WORDWRAP right-margin value less than the current column, per the official guidance — the first named case.
2. A WORDWRAP right-margin value greater than the report's right margin, per the official guidance — the second named case.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Modify the PRINT statement's WORDWRAP right-margin value, per the official guidance, so it stays within the current-column-to-report-right-margin range.

Examples

An out-of-range WORDWRAP margin

OUTPUT
  RIGHT MARGIN 80
...
PRINT COLUMN 10, notes WORDWRAP RIGHT MARGIN 90
-- -4646: 90 exceeds the report's right margin of 80

Corrected

PRINT COLUMN 10, notes WORDWRAP RIGHT MARGIN 80

Diagnostic Checks

1. Check the report's right margin (set in OUTPUT), and confirm every WORDWRAP right margin value stays between the current column and that value.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -4486 — "TEXT or BYTE variables and wordwrap fields cannot be printed in report headers or trailers." A related wordwrap restriction, about header/trailer placement rather than the margin value's range.

A WORDWRAP right-margin value is outside the valid range — keep it between the current column and the report's right margin.