Using a host variable with a leading FILLER item before a data item in an SQL statement causes the following error:

1>COBOL : Object Code error : file 'odbcecm'
1>COBOL : error code: 153, pc=0, call=1, seg=0
1> 153   Subscript out of range (in d:\\Packages\\pkg_302445\\bln_748\\ESQL\\oecm\\odbcecm\\src\\oecmexc.cbl, line 2450)

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