Informix Error -35200: Fatal parse error; string.

Reasons / Common Causes

-35200 is a critical internal preprocessor error — per the official guidance, no application-level cause is named; the only documented response is to escalate it.

1. A genuine internal fault in the ESQL/Ada preprocessor's parser, per the official guidance's framing — no other documented application-level cause is named.

Solutions / Resolution

1. Note all circumstances and contact IBM Technical Support, per the official guidance — this is the documented, only resolution path.

Examples

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No specific triggering statement is documented — this is a critical internal parser fault, and the official text itself is just a string placeholder for whatever detail the parser attaches.

Diagnostic Checks

1. Capture the exact circumstances (source file, statement being compiled, the string detail the parser attached) at the time -35200 occurred, per the official guidance's own escalation path.

Related Errors / Related Topics

• -35202 — "Too many nested blocks." Another "contact IBM Technical Support" internal preprocessor fault.
• -35208 — "INTERNAL ERROR... case error." Same internal-fault family, explicitly labeled INTERNAL ERROR.
• -35209 — "INTERNAL ERROR: ...assertion error." Same family.
• -35210 — "INTERNAL ERROR: feature... not yet implemented." Same family.

A critical internal parser fault with no documented application-level trigger — capture full circumstances, including the attached string detail, and escalate to IBM Technical Support.