I am having an issue with reading my HOLD file below. I have it defined as ALPHA and I get the following:

(FOC224) SYNTAX ERROR: &F_PERCTOT.D12.2.&M_PERCTOT.D12.2.&F_AUMPERC.D12.2.&M_AUMPERC.D12.2.&F_T12PERC.D12.2.&M_T12PERC.D12.2.
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-READFILE HOLDCNTS &F_PERCTOT.D12.2.&M_PERCTOT.D12.2.&F_AUMPERC.D12.2.&M_AUMPERC.D12.2.&F_T12PERC.D12.2.&M_T12PERC.D12.2.


The code is here below. Any ideas, please let me know.

TABLE FILE HOLDCNT
SUM F_PERCTOT
    M_PERCTOT
    F_AUMPERC
    M_AUMPERC
    F_T12PERC
	M_T12PERC
ON TABLE HOLD AS HOLDCNTS FORMAT ALPHA
END

-*?FF HOLDCNTS
-*-EXIT

-READFILE HOLDCNTS &F_PERCTOT.D12.2.&M_PERCTOT.D12.2.&F_AUMPERC.D12.2.&M_AUMPERC.D12.2.&F_T12PERC.D12.2.&M_T12PERC.D12.2.
-*-TYPE &F_PERCTOT
-*-TYPE &M_PERCTOT
-*-TYPE &F_AUMPERC
-*-TYPE &M_AUMPERC
-*-TYPE &F_T12PERC
-*-TYPE &M_T12PERC
-EXIT

 

This message has been edited. Last edited by: FP Mod Chuck,

Please let me know.

Check the manual - when you use -READFILE, you do not specify any variable names. -READFILE uses the metadata (.mas) to determine the HOLD file columns and the subsequent variables.