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Informix Error -22274: Host variables may not be USAGE POINTER.

Cause and resolution

Host variables may not be USAGE POINTER.

Change the USAGE clause for the host variable so that the host variable is not a pointer and try again.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-22274 fires when a host variable is declared USAGE IS POINTER — per the official guidance, this isn't supported.

  1. A host variable declared USAGE IS POINTER, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Change the host variable's USAGE clause so it isn't a pointer, and try again, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond a host variable declared USAGE IS POINTER.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the flagged host variable's USAGE clause, and change it away from POINTER.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -22208 — "Host variables may not be USAGE INDEX." The same class of unsupported-USAGE restriction, for INDEX rather than POINTER.

A host variable was declared USAGE IS POINTER, which isn't supported — change its USAGE clause.