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Informix Error -83721: CDC_E_ARG1

Cause and resolution

CDC_E_ARG1

The first 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

-83721 (CDC_E_ARG1) fires when the first parameter passed to a CDC function isn't valid — per the official guidance.

  1. The first parameter passed to the function being invalid, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Check the first parameter against the CDC API documentation, per the official guidance's implication, and correct it.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an invalid first parameter.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the first parameter passed to the flagged CDC function call against its documented valid values.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -83720 — "CDC_E_ARG" The general form of this parameter-validity error, without a specific parameter position named.
  • -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.

The first 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.