awk command error in Solaris

UNIX Solaris
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I have the following code that works perfectly in Cygwin

$ awk -F, '
 BEGIN   {months ["JAN"]="AP01"; months ["FEB"]="AP02"; months ["MAR"]="AP03";
          months ["APR"]="AP04"; months ["MAY"]="AP05"; months ["JUN"]="AP06";
          months ["JUL"]="AP07"; months ["AUG"]="AP08"; months ["SEP"]="AP09";
          months ["OCT"]="AP10"; months ["NOV"]="AP11"; months ["DEC"]="AP12";
         }
         {TMP = FILENAME
          sub (/\..*$/, "", TMP)
          print> "a_" TMP "_ACTUAL_"months[substr($3,0,3)]"-20" substr($3,5,2)"_RR.txt"
         }
 ' *.txt

This codes splits any txt file into multiple txt files based on field number three. The new files are named using a portion of the original file and the Accounting Periods (AP) listed at the beginning of the script.
As I move the script to the server (Solaris) it generates a syntax error during execution. The error reads: Syntax error near line 7. Line 7 is the assignment of the current filename to the TMP variable.

As I mentioned this is not an issue in Cygwin. The script runs as expected but not so in Solaris. Any help will be greatly appreciated

2

Where is the END rule?
Or is this just part of the code?

3

? The END section is optional.
Put the computed target for print in brackets

print> ("a_" TMP "_ACTUAL_"months[substr($3,0,3)]"-20" substr($3,5,2)"_RR.txt")

And use nawk or /usr/xpg4/bin/awk

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5

Thanks you guys the answer was as simple as changing the awk to gawk.

Problem solved.