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Informix Error -4330

-4330 Values cannot be RETURNed from the MAIN program.

Although RETURN is equivalent to EXIT PROGRAM in a MAIN program, it cannot include a value to be returned. NewEra programs return this error.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-4330 fires when a RETURN statement in the MAIN program includes a value — per the official guidance, RETURN is equivalent to EXIT PROGRAM in MAIN, but it can't include a returned value; NewEra programs return this error.

  1. A RETURN statement in MAIN that includes a value, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.
Solutions / Resolution
  1. Remove the value from the RETURN statement, or use EXIT PROGRAM instead.
Examples
A RETURN with a value in MAIN
MAIN
  ...
  RETURN 0
  -- -4330: MAIN cannot return a value
END MAIN
Corrected
MAIN
  ...
  EXIT PROGRAM
END MAIN
Diagnostic Checks
  1. Check every RETURN statement in MAIN, and remove any value, or use EXIT PROGRAM instead.
Related Errors / Related Topics
  • -4067 — "This RETURN statement must provide a value." A related RETURN-statement rule for ordinary functions, the opposite restriction of this MAIN-specific case.

RETURN in MAIN includes a value, which isn't allowed — remove it, or use EXIT PROGRAM.