KB18852: 'General error. setStmtType failed [S1000:0 on HSTMT] [DataDirect][ODBC Oracle Wire Protocol driver]Error in SQL Parser' error occurs when running a report in MicroStrategy Developer 9.x with ‘Pre/Post Statements’ enabled

SYMPTOM:
When running a report in Strategy Developer 9.x, one of the following errors occur:

Error: QueryEngine encountered error: Execute Query failed: ODBC error. ODBC operation attempted: SQLExecDirect. General error. setStmtType failed Error in SQL Parser.

When running the SQL generated by the report directly against the warehouse, it runs successfully.

1. In the Database Instance Manager, right click on the Database Instance used by the Strategy Tutorial Project (by default, this would be 'Tutorial Data') and select VLDB Properties.
2. Navigate to 'Pre/Post Statements' and 'Report Pre Statement 1'.
3. Uncheck the 'Use default inherited value' checkbox and add the following text to the text field:
   -- This is a comment
   
4. Save and close.
5. Disconnect and reconnect to the project source.
6. Create any report and run it. The report will throw the error described above; however, it will generate SQL.
7. If the SQL generated by the report is run against the warehouse using ODBC Test Tool, it will run successfully.

CAUSE:
This happens because the report pre statement is formed of only a comment and no other SQL statement, this will also happen for the other Pre/Post Statements.
This is working as expected. The SQL is correct, but the Query Engine's SQL parser expects the Pre/Post Statements to be complete SQL statements and not just comments.
ACTION:
Include a full statement in the Pre/Post Statement so that it can be parsed by the SQL Parser.