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Informix Error -22624: INTEGER type length must be 2 or 4.

Cause and resolution

INTEGER type length must be 2 or 4.

This message indicates an IBM Informix ESQL/FORTRAN preprocessor error. A FORTRAN host variable of type INTEGER must be declared as INTEGER*2 or INTEGER*4. Correct the length of the INTEGER declaration and try again.

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Reasons / Common Causes

-22624 fires when a FORTRAN host variable of type INTEGER isn't declared INTEGER*2 or INTEGER*4 — per the official guidance, those are the only supported lengths.

  1. An INTEGER host variable declared with a length other than 2 or 4, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Correct the INTEGER declaration to INTEGER*2 or INTEGER*4, per the official guidance.
Examples
An unsupported INTEGER length
INTEGER*8 MYVAR
Corrected
INTEGER*4 MYVAR
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the flagged INTEGER variable's declared length, and correct it to 2 or 4.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -22623 — "Data type length must be greater than zero." The general data-type- length error this is a specific case of, for INTEGER.
  • -22625 — "REAL type length must be 4 or 8." The same class of type-length restriction, for REAL rather than INTEGER.

An INTEGER host variable's declared length wasn't 2 or 4 — correct it.