Informix Error -16358: Variable name expected.

Reasons / Common Causes

-16358 fires when a LET command's first argument isn't a bare variable name — per the official guidance.

1. A LET command's first argument quoted, or otherwise not a plain variable name, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Supply a variable name as the first argument, without quotes, per the official guidance.

Examples

A LET command with a quoted variable name

> LET "x" = 5

Corrected

> LET x = 5

Diagnostic Checks

1. Check that the LET command's first argument is an unquoted variable name.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -16317 — "Program variable name expected." The same missing/invalid-variable-name condition in a LET command.

A LET command's first argument isn't a plain variable name — remove any quotes around it.