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Informix Error -16399: No program name specified.

Cause and resolution

No program name specified.

The PROGRAM = clause of the PRINT statement is used to specify an external program (for instance, a text editor) that can display the contents of a BYTE or TEXT value. In this command, the keyword was specified, but no program name followed it.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-16399 fires when PRINT's PROGRAM = keyword is given without a following program name — per the official guidance.

  1. PROGRAM = given with no program name, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Repeat the command, naming an external program after PROGRAM =, per the official guidance.
Examples
PROGRAM = with no program name
> PRINT mytext PROGRAM =
Corrected
> PRINT mytext PROGRAM = "vi"
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check PROGRAM = for a missing program name.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -16397 — "Can print only BLOB variables with program =." A related PROGRAM = error, about the clause being used on a non-BLOB variable rather than missing its program name.

PROGRAM = is missing its program name — supply one.