In this post, you’ll learn about the error message -198 the operand of the prepare or execute immediate statement is blank or empty in the IBM DB2 database , the reason why it occurs along with the solution to fix it
IBM DB2 Error Message
-198 the operand of the prepare or execute immediate statement is blank or empty
Reason for the Error
The operand (host variable or literal string) that was the object of the PREPARE or EXECUTE IMMEDIATE statement either contained all blanks or was an empty string.� A DBRM built in� release 2.3 cannot be used on a release 2.2 system if the distributive functions was used.� If this error appears on release 2.2 and the DBRM was built on 2.3, the program needs to be precompiled again to correct the problem.
Solution
Correct the logic of the application program to ensure that a valid SQL statement is provided in the operand of the PREPARE or EXECUTE IMMEDIATE statement before that statement is executed.
