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Informix Error -22617: STRUCTURE declaration not supported.

Cause and resolution

STRUCTURE declaration not supported.

This message indicates an IBM Informix ESQL/FORTRAN preprocessor error. The STRUCTURE statement is supported only with the Green Hills and Sun versions of FORTRAN that include the VMS FORTRAN extensions.

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Reasons / Common Causes

-22617 is an ESQL/FORTRAN preprocessor error — per the official guidance, STRUCTURE is only supported with the Green Hills and Sun versions of FORTRAN that include the VMS FORTRAN extensions.

  1. STRUCTURE used with a FORTRAN compiler other than Green Hills/Sun with VMS extensions, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Use a Green Hills or Sun FORTRAN compiler with VMS FORTRAN extensions, per the official guidance, or avoid STRUCTURE.
Examples
N/A

No specific triggering statement is documented beyond using STRUCTURE on an unsupported compiler.

Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check the in-use FORTRAN compiler, and confirm it's Green Hills/Sun with VMS extensions if STRUCTURE is required.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -22618 — "RECORD statement not supported." The same class of VMS-extension-only restriction, for RECORD rather than STRUCTURE.
  • -22619 — "UNION declaration not supported." The same class of VMS-extension-only restriction, for UNION rather than STRUCTURE.

STRUCTURE was used on a FORTRAN compiler that doesn't support it — use a Green Hills/Sun compiler with VMS extensions.