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Informix Error -22647: Use of non-SQL descriptors not supported by ESQL/FORTRAN.

Cause and resolution

Use of non-SQL descriptors not supported by ESQL/FORTRAN.

This message indicates an IBM Informix ESQL/FORTRAN preprocessor error. In ESQL/FORTRAN, only system descriptor areas that have been allocated with the ALLOCATE DESCRIPTOR statement can be used in a DESCRIBE statement.

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Reasons / Common Causes

-22647 fires when a DESCRIBE statement uses a descriptor not allocated via ALLOCATE DESCRIPTOR — per the official guidance, ESQL/FORTRAN only supports system descriptor areas allocated that way in a DESCRIBE statement.

  1. A DESCRIBE statement using a descriptor not allocated via ALLOCATE DESCRIPTOR, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Allocate the descriptor with ALLOCATE DESCRIPTOR before using it in DESCRIBE, per the official guidance.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond using an unallocated descriptor in DESCRIBE.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check whether the descriptor used in the flagged DESCRIBE statement was allocated via ALLOCATE DESCRIPTOR, and allocate it if not.
Related Errors / Related Topics

No closely related error codes are cross-referenced for -22647 in this set yet.

A DESCRIBE statement used a descriptor not allocated via ALLOCATE DESCRIPTOR — allocate it first.