Informix Error -4488

-4488 The program cannot CONTINUE or EXIT statement-type at this point

because it is not immediately within statement-type statement.

This CONTINUE or EXIT statement is not appropriate in its context. Possibly the statement is misplaced, or possibly the statement type was specified incorrectly.

Oninit® Troubleshooting Guidance

Reasons / Common Causes

-4488 is a general version of the CONTINUE/EXIT scope-mismatch condition — per the official guidance, either the statement is misplaced, or the statement type named (MENU/FOR/WHILE/FOREACH/CASE) was specified incorrectly.

A CONTINUE/EXIT statement used where the enclosing block isn't of the stated type, per the official guidance — the direct, only cause.

Solutions / Resolution

Check whether the statement is misplaced, per the official guidance.
Check whether the statement type was specified incorrectly, per the official guidance, and match it to the actual enclosing block.

Examples

An EXIT statement with a mismatched type

WHILE more_rows
  EXIT FOR
  -- -4488: this is a WHILE loop, not a FOR loop
END WHILE

Corrected

WHILE more_rows
  EXIT WHILE
END WHILE

Diagnostic Checks

Check the enclosing block's actual type, and match the CONTINUE/EXIT keyword to it.

Related Errors / Related Topics

-4314 through -4318 — the specific per-statement-type versions of this same scope-mismatch condition, covering MENU, FOREACH, WHILE, FOR, and CASE respectively.

A CONTINUE/EXIT statement doesn't match its enclosing block's actual type — correct the statement type named.