Informix Error -4350

-4350 The program cannot continue a FOR loop at this time because

it is not within a FOR loop.

A CONTINUE FOR statement is not between a FOR statement and its matching END FOR statement. Perhaps the FOR statement has been accidentally deleted, or perhaps you changed to another type of loop such as FOREACH or WHILE.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-4350 fires when CONTINUE FOR doesn't fall between a FOR statement and its matching END FOR — per the official guidance, the FOR statement may have been accidentally deleted, or the loop type may have been changed to FOREACH/WHILE without updating the CONTINUE.

CONTINUE FOR used where the enclosing loop isn't a FOR loop, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

Check whether the FOR statement was accidentally deleted, per the official guidance.
If the loop type was changed to FOREACH/WHILE, update the CONTINUE keyword to match, per the official guidance.

Examples

CONTINUE FOR inside a WHILE loop

WHILE more_rows
  CONTINUE FOR
  -- -4350: this is a WHILE loop, not a FOR loop
END WHILE

Corrected

WHILE more_rows
  CONTINUE WHILE
END WHILE

Diagnostic Checks

Check the enclosing loop's actual type, and match the CONTINUE keyword to it.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-4317 — "The program cannot exit a FOR statement at this point because it is not within a FOR statement." The EXIT FOR counterpart of this same CONTINUE FOR condition.
-4351 — "The program cannot continue a WHILE loop at this time because it is not within a WHILE loop." The same pattern applied to WHILE instead of FOR.
-4352 — "The program cannot continue a FOREACH loop at this time because it is not within a FOREACH loop." The same pattern applied to FOREACH instead of FOR.

CONTINUE FOR is used outside a FOR loop — match the CONTINUE keyword to the loop's actual type.