Informix Error -1373

-1373 The field fieldname is not in the list of fields in the

CONSTRUCT/INPUT statement.

The built-in function get_fldbuf() or field_touched() has been called with the field name shown. However, input from that field was not requested in this CONSTRUCT or INPUT statement. As a result, the function cannot return any useful value. Review all uses of these functions, and compare them to the list of fields at the beginning of the statement.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-1373 fires when get_fldbuf() or field_touched() references a field that wasn't included in the associated CONSTRUCT/INPUT statement's field list — per the official guidance, these functions can only operate on fields actually declared in that statement.

get_fldbuf()/field_touched() called with a field name absent from the statement's declared field list, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

Verify that all fields referenced by these functions are explicitly listed in the corresponding CONSTRUCT/INPUT statement, per the official guidance.

Examples

A function call referencing an undeclared field

CONSTRUCT v_where ON order_id, status FROM s_order.*
LET v_touched = field_touched("order_date")
-- -1373: order_date isn't in this CONSTRUCT statement's field list

Corrected

LET v_touched = field_touched("status")

Diagnostic Checks

Compare the field name passed to get_fldbuf()/field_touched() against the CONSTRUCT/INPUT statement's actual field list.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-1109 — "List and record field counts differ." A related form/statement field-list error, about a count mismatch rather than a specific function call referencing an undeclared field.

get_fldbuf()/field_touched() referenced a field not in the statement's field list — check the field list.