-398   A LOCATOR WAS REQUESTED FOR HOST VARIABLE NUMBER position-number BUT THE VARIABLE IS NOT A LOB

Explanation

The application requested that a locator be returned from host variable number position-number. A locator can only be used with LOB data, and the requested data is not a LOB.

System action

The statement cannot be processed.

Programmer response

Change the statement to either return LOB data, or change the target host variable to not be a locator.

SQLSTATE

428D2