Class fails to compile if class name is partial match for temp-table field name

A class that matches it's class name with a field name in a temp-table it defines fails to compile in OpenEdge 11.5.1, 11.6.x, and it has unqualified references to it's own members (methods/properties). This also happens if the field name is an abbreviated match. This did not fail in releases up to and including 11.3.

Sep 15, 2016
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Title

URL Name

Class-fails-to-compile-if-class-name-is-partial-match-for-temp-table-field-name

Article Number

000179796

Environment

Product: OpenEdge Version: 11.5.1,11.6.x OS: Windows 10

Question/Problem Description

Existing Class written in OpenEdge 11.3 doesn't compile in later versions.
Compile fails with "Unknown attribute <attribute> used in widget:attribute phrase. (3406)" or similar errors.
Class defines static members, and refers to them directly (not using <type name>:method() or <type name>:property syntax).
Class also defines one or more temp-tables

Steps to Reproduce

Clarifying Information

Following code shows the issue:

CLASS TestClass: 
   DEFINE PRIVATE STATIC TEMP-TABLE ttTestClass NO-UNDO
      FIELD TestClassId AS CHARACTER
      INDEX ix_TestClassId AS PRIMARY UNIQUE TestClassId.
        
   CONSTRUCTOR STATIC TestClass (  ):
   /* qualified reference also fails on 11.3 and earlier */
   /*   TestClass:privateStaticMethod("A"). */
      AnotherPrivateStaticMethod ().
   END CONSTRUCTOR.

   METHOD PRIVATE STATIC VOID anotherPrivateStaticMethod(  ):
   END METHOD.

   METHOD PRIVATE STATIC VOID privateStaticMethod( pcTestClassId AS CHARACTER ):
   END METHOD.
  
END CLASS.

Note that the classname "TestClass" is an abbreviated match for the temp-table field "TestClassId".

Error Message

Defect Number

Defect PSC00350591

Enhancement Number

Cause

For unqualified references, the intent to use the method or property from the class is clear, so the compiler should be able to detect that.

This is different from qualified references, where the "x.y:reference()" syntax can be either a "Package.Type:Method()" reference or a "temp-table.object-type-field:method()" reference.

Resolution

Fixed in OpenEdge version 11.7.0.

Workaround

Rename either the class or the temp-table fields, to ensure the class name isn't an abbreviated match for the field name.

Notes

References to Other Documentation:

Progress Article(s):
Error 3406 or 72 occurs when executing a static method in a class whose name matches, or is an abbreviation of, a database field name

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12/9/2025 6:48 PM

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