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Informix Error -83720: CDC_E_ARG

Cause and resolution

CDC_E_ARG

A parameter passed to the function is not valid

Based on 14.10.FC3, note they can changed but the mapping for your engine can be found in syscdcv1:syscdcerrcodes

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-83720 (CDC_E_ARG) fires when a parameter passed to a CDC function isn't valid — per the official guidance.

  1. A parameter passed to the function being invalid, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause; no specific parameter position is named.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Check the function call's parameters against the CDC API documentation, per the official guidance's implication, and correct the invalid one.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an invalid parameter.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check every parameter passed to the flagged CDC function call against its documented valid values.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -83721 — "CDC_E_ARG1" The same class of parameter-validity error, specific to the first parameter rather than an unspecified one.
  • -83722 — "CDC_E_ARG2" The same class of parameter-validity error, specific to the second parameter.
  • -83723 — "CDC_E_ARG3" The same class of parameter-validity error, specific to the third parameter.
  • -83724 — "CDC_E_ARG4" The same class of parameter-validity error, specific to the fourth parameter.
  • -83725 — "CDC_E_ARG5" The same class of parameter-validity error, specific to the fifth parameter.
  • -83726 — "CDC_E_ARG6" The same class of parameter-validity error, specific to the sixth parameter.

A parameter passed to a CDC function was invalid. Per the official guidance, this mapping is based on 14.10.FC3; the exact code-to-message mapping for a given engine can be found in syscdcv1:syscdcerrcodes.