Informix Error -22203: Invalid keyword name on the PICTURE clause.

Cause and resolution

Invalid keyword name on the PICTURE clause.

The PICTURE clause contains an illegal keyword, as the error message specifies. Check the syntax of the variable declaration for the PICTURE clause and try again.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-22203 fires when a PICTURE clause contains an illegal keyword — per the official guidance, as the error message names it.

An illegal keyword in the PICTURE clause, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

Check the variable declaration's PICTURE clause syntax, per the official guidance, and correct the illegal keyword.

Examples

N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond an illegal PICTURE keyword.

Diagnostic Checks

Check the flagged variable's PICTURE clause against valid COBOL PICTURE syntax.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-22268 — "P in the PICTURE clause not implemented." A related PICTURE-clause error, on a specific unsupported symbol (P) rather than an illegal keyword generally.

A PICTURE clause contained an illegal keyword — correct the clause's syntax.