Informix Error -88304: No more arguments were expected for the action <action>. </action>

Reasons / Common Causes

-88304 fires when more arguments are supplied for an action than expected — per the official guidance.

1. More arguments provided than the named action expects, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Check the command-line information and fix the command line, per the official guidance.

Examples

N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond too many arguments for an action.

Diagnostic Checks

1. Check the named action's expected argument count, and remove the extra argument(s).

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -88301 — "The requested action is not valid for the current menu or is an incorrect action." A related action-validity error, on the action itself being invalid rather than given too many arguments.
• -88303 — "Not enough arguments for option ." The opposite condition — too few arguments rather than too many.

The named action was given more arguments than expected — remove the extra argument(s).