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

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