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  GO TO with no preceding ALTER

  Explanation: The program executed a GO TO statement with no target.
  An example is a GO TO statement whose target is altered by one or
  more ALTER statements, but the program executes the GO TO statement
  before executing any of the ALTER statements.

  User Action:  You must take either of the following actions:

      a. Modify the GO TO statement in the source file to include an
         initial target.

      b. Check the program logic to ensure that the program
         executes ALTER statements before it executes the
         referenced GO TO statements.
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