Informix Error -50117: Invalid position specified for the ixString::insert() member function.

Reasons / Common Causes

-50117 is raised by the ixString class in the Window Painter GUI builder library — per the official guidance:

The value specified for position was NULL, negative, or greater than 32,766.

1. Invalid position specified for the ixString::insert() member function, per the official guidance — the direct, documented condition.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Adjust the calling code to respect the constraint named in the message, per the official guidance — no other resolution is documented.

Examples

N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond the class-library condition described above.

Diagnostic Checks

1. Check the specific value, object state, or call sequence that ixString flags here, against the constraint the official guidance describes.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -50123 — "Invalid length specified for the ixString::pad() member function." Another ixString-related condition in this set.
• -50122 — "Invalid length specified for the ixString::truncate() member function." Another ixString-related condition in this set.

Invalid position specified for the ixString::insert() member function.