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Informix Error -16306: Found a quote for which there is no matching quote.

Cause and resolution

Found a quote for which there is no matching quote.

You might have omitted a quotation mark from a name or string, or included an extraneous quotation mark. Repeat the command, using an even number of single (') or double (") quotes.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-16306 fires when a Debugger command has an unmatched quote — per the official guidance.

  1. An omitted quotation mark from a name or string, per the official guidance — the first named cause.
  2. An extraneous quotation mark, per the official guidance — the second named cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Repeat the command using an even number of single (') or double (") quotes, per the official guidance.
Examples
An unmatched quote
> LET x = "unterminated
Corrected
> LET x = "terminated"
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Count the quote characters in the command and confirm they're balanced.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -16307 — "Quoted string is too long." A related quoted-string error, about length rather than an unmatched quote.

A quoted string in the command has an unmatched quote — check for an even number of quote characters.