Re: Phantom error in 4GL

Posted in 1997

David Williams — Thu, 23 Oct 1997 00:27:11 +0100 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <A85E35FB64985517.C3A4F9EB6C12FEFB.D74E83E5474622A5@library- proxy.airnews.net>, Daniel Wright <dw420@airmail.net> writes >The first time I heard of this error, I didn't believe it. > >A 4GL compiles fine, and is syntactically correct. However, weird >errors, such as "incorrect number of host variables supplied to an OPEN >or Syntax error (-201) appear as a result of a PREPARE or OPEN. > >In fact, the same code that compiled and ran fine before being checked >into our source code control system (PVCS, in this case), failed upon >being recompiled and executed (The only difference being that a few >comments were added to the top of the file.) > You changed a definition in a GLOBALS file and did not recompile everything which used that globals file... -- David Williams

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