Informix Error -16317: Program variable name expected.

Cause and resolution

Program variable name expected.

A Debugger LET command requires three arguments:

* The identifier of a program variable

* An equal sign (=)

* An expression whose value is assigned to the variable

The identifier could not be recognized in the command that you entered.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-16317 fires when a Debugger LET command's variable identifier can't be recognized — per the official guidance. A LET command requires: a program variable identifier, an equal sign, and an expression whose value is assigned to the variable.

An unrecognizable identifier in the LET command's variable position, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

Repeat the command with a valid program variable identifier before the =, per the official guidance.

Examples

A LET command with an invalid variable identifier

> LET 1x = 5

Corrected

> LET x = 5

Diagnostic Checks

Check that the LET command's first argument is a valid program variable identifier.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-16308 — "Missing function name." A related missing-identifier error, in a CALL command rather than a LET command.
-16312 — "Missing or misplaced = sign." A related LET-command error, about the = itself being missing/misplaced rather than the variable identifier being unrecognized.

The LET command's variable identifier couldn't be recognized — supply a valid program variable name.