| ERROR | Datatype not supported by ANSI |
| CAUSE | An Oracle extension to the ANSI/ISO standard was used. Specifically, aa pointer or nonconforming datatype such as VARCHAR was used. For example, the offending code might look like: EXEC SQL BEGIN DECLARE SECTION VARCHAR username[20]; EXEC SQL END DECLARE SECTION This informational message is issued by the FIPS Flagger when FIPS=YES. |
| ACTION | No action required. However, for ANSI/ISO compliance, do not use pointers or nonconforming datatypes. |