M204.0308
M204.0308 Illegal variable type for field name variable
A SOUL %variable defined as FIXED or FLOAT is found in a context where only a field name variable is legal. Field name variables must be defined as STRING. The compilation continues but the request is not executed.
Response: Change the definition of the %variable to STRING and retry.
Message attributes:
| RETCODEO=0 | Sets online return code |
|---|---|
| RETCODEB=4 | Sets batch (single user) return code |
| CLASS=E | Error class; the message can be suppressed with the X'04' bit setting of the MSGCTL parameter |
| AUDITER | Writes the message with line type ER to the audit trail |
| COUNT | Increments the error count (ERCNT) parameter |
| ECHO | Displays the line that caused the error |
| COMPILE | Compilation error |