Re: informix v5 error -202

In <4s32q1$9dr@web3.tcd.ie> amccnvll@tcd.ie (Amanda Mc Conville) writes: >My problem is not that I don't know what that error means (it's >supposed to mean that there is an unprintable character in your >select statement) .. I 'm writing a c program with embeded sql >and I'm getting this error ... but that's not what's wrong with >the program ... as far as I can tell there's nothing wrong ... >can this be a bit uppity sometimes? Or can it mean other things? >Amanda Ignore this if I'm teaching you to suck eggs, but the message means that there is a non printable character embedded in the source code. Using most text editors, you can't see this on the screen. If you're using vi as your editor, you might try ':set list' to display all the emmbedded unprintable characters. I've often accidentally hit Cntl-Something in a fit of high speed inspiration, only to spend frustrating minutes arguing with the compiler about the legality of the code. Bryan Tonnet.