Informix Error -4397

-4397 The IF statement at line line-number is not terminated.

4GL could not identify an END IF statement to match the IF statement on the line number shown. Start at that line and work down until you find where the terminating statement should have been, and insert it.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-4397 fires when the compiler can't find an END IF to match an IF statement — per the official guidance, start at the reported line and work downward to find where the terminator should have been.

An IF statement with no matching END IF, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

Start at the reported line and work down until you find where END IF should have been, then insert it, per the official guidance.

Examples

A missing END IF

IF status = "New" THEN
  CALL initialize()
-- -4397: no END IF found

Corrected

IF status = "New" THEN
  CALL initialize()
END IF

Diagnostic Checks

Work down from the reported IF line, and insert the missing END IF at the correct point.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-4396 — "The MENU declaration at line line-number is not terminated." The same missing-terminator pattern applied to MENU/END MENU instead of IF/END IF.
-4389 — "There are too many levels of nesting of IF statements in this report." A related IF-nesting error, which a missing END IF can also cause by making subsequent IF statements appear more deeply nested than intended.

An IF statement has no matching END IF — insert one at the correct point.