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Informix Error -1335

-1335 A report is accepting output or being finished before it has been

started.

The program executed an OUTPUT TO REPORT or FINISH REPORT statement before it executed a START REPORT. Review the program logic that leads up to this statement to find the cause of the error.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-1335 fires when OUTPUT TO REPORT or FINISH REPORT executes without a preceding START REPORT for that report — per the official guidance, these three statements have a required ordering.

  1. OUTPUT TO REPORT executed before START REPORT, per the official guidance — the direct, common cause.
  2. FINISH REPORT executed before START REPORT, per the official guidance — the other direct, common cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Review your program logic to ensure statements are executed in the correct order, per the official guidance — START REPORT must precede any OUTPUT TO REPORT/FINISH REPORT for that report.
Examples
OUTPUT TO REPORT without START REPORT
OUTPUT TO REPORT order_report(order_id, status)
-- -1335: START REPORT order_report was never executed
Corrected
START REPORT order_report
OUTPUT TO REPORT order_report(order_id, status)
FINISH REPORT order_report
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Trace the program's execution order for the report in question, and confirm START REPORT executes before any OUTPUT TO REPORT/FINISH REPORT calls.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -1335 in this set yet.

OUTPUT TO REPORT/FINISH REPORT ran before START REPORT for that report — check the program's execution order.