Informix Error -7420: Argument argument_name is invalid.

Reasons / Common Causes

-7420 fires when a DataBlade API call receives an invalid value for the named argument — per the official guidance.

1. An invalid value passed for the named DataBlade API argument, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Verify the arguments to the DataBlade API calls, per the official guidance, against the named argument_name.

Examples

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No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an invalid value for the named argument — see the DataBlade API reference for that call's argument requirements.

Diagnostic Checks

1. Check the value passed for the argument named in the error message, against the DataBlade API's documented requirements for that call.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -7400 — "Invalid API argument ." The same class of error, with a differently-worded message.
• -7423 — "An invalid argument is specified. Either the return type buffer is empty or the length of the buffer is not valid." A related, more specific argument-validity error, about a return-type buffer specifically.

A DataBlade API call received an invalid value for the named argument — check it against the API reference.