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INFORM/V User's Guide

Appendix D  Error Messages 

Table D-1 lists all the error messages that might appear when you are
using INFORM/V. Table D-2 contains a list of fatal processing error
messages; i.e., those messages that are identified by the message FATAL
PROCESSING ERROR number at your terminal.  The information in Table D-2
will be of particular value to your database administrator if you should
get a fatal processing error message.

          Table D-1.  User Error Messages 

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|                                             |                                             |
|                   Message                   |          Explanation and/or Action          |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| ACCOUNT CAPABILITIES DO NOT ALLOW A JOB TO  | The user's account does not have batch (BA) |
| BE STREAMED                                 | capability.                                 |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| ACCOUNT PASSWORD EXPECTED                   | An account password must be entered.        |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| ARGUMENT REGISTER OVERFLOW                  | Report error to DBA.                        |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| ARITHMETIC CONVERSION FOR ITEM: item-name   | Report error to DBA.                        |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| ARITHMETIC CONVERSION FOR TABLE LITERAL     | A program constant cannot be converted to   |
|                                             | the binary equivalent as the current        |
|                                             | statement requires.                         |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
|                   Message                   |          Explanation and/or Action          |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| ARITHMETIC TRAP                             | Processor has detected an arithmetic trap   |
|                                             | condition in its internal processing.       |
|                                             | Report the error to the DBA.                |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| ATTEMPT TO ASSIGN NEGATIVE VALUE TO ITEM:   | The processor has detected an attempt to    |
| item-name                                   | assign a negative value to a positive-type  |
|                                             | field.                                      |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| BAD PASSWORD - GRANTS ACCESS TO NOTHING     | An invalid password was entered.            |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| BASE DOES NOT EXIST IN DICTIONARY           | The database selected does not exist in the |
|                                             | data dictionary.                            |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| BATCH FILE INTERNAL SET UP ERROR            | MPE/V cannot set up the batch job.          |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| BATCH FILE INTERNAL WRITE ERROR             | MPE/V cannot set up the batch job.          |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| BROKEN WORKSPACE CHAIN                      | Processor has detected a break in a work    |
|                                             | space link list.  Report the error to the   |
|                                             | DBA.                                        |
|                                             |                                             |
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          Table D-1.  User Error Messages (continued) 

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|                                             |                                             |
|                   Message                   |          Explanation and/or Action          |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| CANNOT ACCESS REPORT FILE, ERROR=number     | The report file cannot be found or          |
|                                             | accessed-an MPE File System error number is |
|                                             | indicated.                                  |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| CANNOT CREATE A REPORT FILE                 | The report file cannot be created, e.g.,    |
|                                             | not enough disc space.                      |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| CANNOT OPEN DATA BASE: basename             | Data base needed by INFORM/V cannot be      |
|                                             | accessed.  Report error to DBA.             |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| CANNOT OPEN PRINT FILE                      | The processor is unable to open the print   |
|                                             | file.                                       |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| CHILD ITEMS ARE NOT VALID IN COMPARISON     | The data name chosen cannot be used in a    |
| EXPRESSION                                  | data-name to data-name comparison.          |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| COMMAND INTRINSIC ERROR PLEASE REPORT       | INFORM/V cannot create or stream the batch  |
|                                             | job.                                        |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| COMPUTATION WORKSPACE OVERFLOW              | Internal error.  Report the error to DBA.   |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| COMPUTE ITEMS ARE NOT VALID IN COMPARISON   | Temporary data names cannot be used in      |
| EXPRESSIONS                                 | data-name to data-name comparisons.         |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| COMPUTED NAMES CANNOT BE USED   FOR         | A computed data name added to the group     |
| SELECTION CRITERIA                          | with "+" cannot be used with selection      |
|                                             | criteria.                                   |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| CURRENT REPORT HAS NOT BEEN   SPECIFIED     | To produce a report, a report must be       |
|                                             | defined or specified (option 1, 2, or 3 of  |
|                                             | the Main Menu).                             |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| DATA DICTIONARY INACCESSIBLE                | The dictionary database cannot be accessed; |
|                                             | see the DBA.                                |
|                                             |                                             |
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          Table D-1.  User Error Messages (continued) 

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|                                             |                                             |
|                   Message                   |          Explanation and/or Action          |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| DATA DICTIONARY INFORMATION   ERROR: number | Report error to the DBA.                    |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| DATA NAMES MUST BE SPECIFIED   TO PRODUCE A | No data names have been specified.  Since   |
| REPORT                                      | there is nothing to report, no report can   |
|                                             | be produced.                                |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| DATA NAME MUST BE   20 CHARACTERS OR FEWER  | Check length of data name; cannot be        |
|                                             | greater than 20 characters.                 |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| DATA NAMES SELECTED   MUST BE IN SORT LIST  | Sorted data names are the only ones that    |
|                                             | can be used to subdivide a report.          |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| DATA NOT NUMERIC                            | Data must be of numeric type to be used in  |
|                                             | a computational expression.                 |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| DATA SET DOES NOT EXIST   IN DICTIONARY     | The data selected does not exist in the     |
|                                             | data dictionary.                            |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| DECIMAL DIVIDE BY ZERO                      | Processor has detected a divide by zero in  |
|                                             | a packed decimal computation.               |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| DECIMAL LENGTHS OF ITEMS IN COMPARISON      | Data names used in comparisons must be      |
| EXPRESSION MUST BE EQUAL                    | defined with the same length.               |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| DECIMAL OVERFLOW                            | Processor has detected an overflow in a     |
|                                             | packed decimal computation.                 |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| DELETE NOT CONFIRMED - REPORT UNCHANGED     | User indicated that report was not to be    |
|                                             | purged.                                     |
|                                             |                                             |
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          Table D-1.  User Error Messages (continued) 

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|                                             |                                             |
|                   Message                   |          Explanation and/or Action          |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| DISC SPACE NOT AVAILABLE   FOR SORT FILE    | Not enough space available for SORT         |
|                                             | operation.                                  |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| DISPLAY FORMAT LEVEL OVERFLOW               | Processor has detected an overflow in       |
|                                             | managing format levels.  Report the error   |
|                                             | to the DBA.                                 |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| DISPLAY FORMAT LEVEL UNDERFLOW              | Processor has detected an underflow in      |
|                                             | managing format levels.  Report the error   |
|                                             | to the DBA.                                 |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| DUPLICATE ENTRY IGNORED                     | Data name has been specified more than      |
|                                             | once.                                       |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| EDIT MASK CANNOT BE GREATER   THAN 30       | Edit mask entered was greater than 30       |
| CHARACTERS                                  | characters.                                 |
|                                             |                                             |
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| EDIT MASK WORKSPACE OVERFLOW                | The total number of characters allowed for  |
|                                             | all edit masks for new data names is too    |
|                                             | large.  The total must be less than 512     |
|                                             | characters.  Calculate the total number of  |
|                                             |                                             |
|                                             | characters with the following formula:      |
|                                             |                                             |
|                                             | (number of characters in edit mask 1 +` 4)  |
|                                             |               +                             |
|                                             | (number of characters in edit mask 2 + 4)   |
|                                             |             +...+                           |
|                                             | (number of characters in edit mask n + 4)   |
|                                             |           < 512 characters.                 |
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|                                             |                                             |
| EMPTY REPORT FILE                           | The report selected is empty, possibly      |
|                                             | because of an internal error.  Report the   |
|                                             | error to the DBA.                           |
|                                             |                                             |
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          Table D-1.  User Error Messages (continued) 

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|                                             |                                             |
|                   Message                   |          Explanation and/or Action          |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| ENTRY CANNOT BE NEGATIVE                    | The data name is defined in the data        |
|                                             | dictionary as being positive.               |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| ENTRY NOT NUMERIC                           | Data type is integer, floating point, or    |
|                                             | numeric ASCII and a nonnumeric character    |
|                                             | has been detected in the data entry field.  |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| *ERROR DETECTED IN SELECTION   EXPRESSION   | An error has been detected in the selection |
| AT FIELD n                                  | criteria at the position indicated.         |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| *ERROR: ILLEGAL DATA TYPE FOUND,   DATA     | A data name with unsupported data type is   |
| NAME: data name                             | found.                                      |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| *ERROR: INTERNAL ERROR number PLEASE REPORT | An unexpected error occurred.               |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| *ERROR: MPE ERROR number IN MESSAGE CATALOG | A MPE error occurred.                       |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| *ERROR: MPE FILE SYSTEM ERROR number ON     | An error occurred while prompting or        |
| TERMINAL                                    | writing a message.                          |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| * ERROR: WORKSPACE ENTRIES FULL             | Ran out of entries of an internal table,    |
|                                             | report the error to the DBA.                |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| *ERROR: WORKSPACE FULL                      | An internal table is full, report the error |
|                                             | to the DBA.                                 |
|                                             |                                             |
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          Table D-1.  User Error Messages (continued) 

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|                                             |                                             |
|                   Message                   |          Explanation and/or Action          |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| EXCEED MAXIMUM PERFORM                      | Report the error to the DBA.                |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| EXPRESSION CANNOT BE GREATER   THAN 50      | The computational expression given for the  |
| CHARACTERS                                  | new data name must be 50 characters or      |
|                                             | fewer.                                      |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| EXPRESSION ERROR                            | The computational expression contains an    |
|                                             | error, such as a missing arithmetic         |
|                                             | operator.                                   |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| EXTENDED PRECISION   DIVIDE BY ZERO         | Processor has detected a divide by zero in  |
|                                             | a double-precision floating point           |
|                                             | computation.                                |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| EXTENDED PRECISION OVERFLOW                 | Processor has detected an overflow in a     |
|                                             | double-precision floating point             |
|                                             | computation.                                |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| EXTENDED PRECISION UNDERFLOW                | Processor has detected an underflow in a    |
|                                             | double-precision floating point             |
|                                             | computation.                                |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| FATAL PROCESSING ERROR number               | Refer to Table D-2.                         |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| FLOATING POINT DIVIDE BY ZERO               | Processor has detected a divide by zero in  |
|                                             | a single-precision floating point           |
|                                             | computation.                                |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| FLOATING POINT OVERFLOW                     | Processor has detected an overflow in a     |
|                                             | single-precision floating point operation.  |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| FLOATING POINT UNDERFLOW                    | Processor has detected an underflow in a    |
|                                             | single-precision floating point operation.  |
|                                             |                                             |
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          Table D-1.  User Error Messages (continued) 

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|                                             |                                             |
|                   Message                   |          Explanation and/or Action          |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| FOLLOWING DATA NAMES ARE NOT   IN ANY DATA  | INFORM/V is unable to make a link between   |
| SET OR FILE: datanames                      | the first and second group of file names.   |
|                                             | Check with the DBA.                         |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| FOLLOWING FILE(S) CANNOT BE   RELATED:      | The two specified groups of files have not  |
| filename(s) TO FILES: filename(s)           | been linked to each other in the data       |
|                                             | dictionary.                                 |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| GROUP DOES NOT EXIST IN   DICTIONARY        | The INFORM/V Group selected does not exist  |
|                                             | in the data dictionary.                     |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| GROUP PASSWORD EXPECTED                     | A group password must be entered.           |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| IMAGE ERROR number ON DICTIONARY            | An error occurred getting some security or  |
|                                             | file equate information from the data       |
|                                             | dictionary.                                 |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| IMAGE ERROR number ON FILE                  | An error occurred on an open.  The file is  |
|                                             | the name of the file it tried to open.      |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| INCOMPATIBLE REPORT FILE                    | Report was created by an earlier version of |
|                                             | INFORM/V and, for internal reasons, can no  |
|                                             | longer operate with the current version of  |
|                                             | INFORM/V.                                   |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| INPUT FIELD LONGER THAN n                   | Length of data entered exceeds n, the size  |
|                                             | defined for the data name.                  |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| INSUFFICIENT STACK FOR   SYSTEM LOAD        | Report the error to the DBA.                |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| INSUFFICIENT STACK FOR   WORKSPACE RELOAD   | Report the error to the DBA.                |
|                                             |                                             |
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          Table D-1.  User Error Messages (continued) 

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|                                             |                                             |
|                   Message                   |          Explanation and/or Action          |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| INTEGER DIVIDE BY ZERO                      | Processor has detected a divide by zero in  |
|                                             | an integer arithmetic computation.          |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| INTEGER OVERFLOW                            | Processor has detected an overflow in an    |
|                                             | integer arithmetic operation.               |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| INTERNAL FILE ERROR, PLEASE REPORT          | An error occurred in creating the batch     |
|                                             | file.                                       |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| INVALID ACCOUNT, USER, OR GROUP PASSWORD    | Password is not correct; batch job cannot   |
|                                             | be streamed.                                |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| INVALID ARITHMETIC FIELD FOR   ITEM:        | The processor is attempting to execute an   |
| item-name                                   | arithmetic operation using a data name      |
|                                             | defined as character, zoned or packed       |
|                                             | decimal (type=X,U,Z or P), and has detected |
|                                             | an invalid data storage format for the      |
|                                             | name.                                       |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| INVALID DATA NAME FORMAT                    | Format of data name not consistent with     |
|                                             | format defined in the data dictionary.      |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| INVALID DATA NUMBER                         | Number indicated does not appear on menu of |
|                                             | data names.                                 |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| INVALID ENTRY IGNORED                       | Entry is either non-numeric or not within   |
|                                             | the range of available options.             |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
|                   Message                   |          Explanation and/or Action          |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| INVALID FILE NAME FORMAT                    | Name given to report does not conform to    |
|                                             | file naming conventions.                    |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| INVALID ITEM TO ITEM COMPARISION            | The syntax for the data-name to data-name   |
|                                             | comparison is not valid.                    |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| INVALID LOCKWORD                            | The lockword entered was invalid.           |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| INVALID LOGICAL CONNECTOR                   | Connector must be AND or OR.                |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| INVALID MODE                                | The mode used in opening the database must  |
|                                             | be numeric and must be between 1 and 8      |
|                                             | inclusively.                                |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| INVALID MODE, RE-ENTER MODE >               | Data base open mode specified was invalid.  |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| INVALID NUMBER: expression                  | Expression indicated is not a valid number. |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| INVALID NUMBER, RANGE IS x - y              | Number entered falls outside the given      |
|                                             | range.                                      |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| INVALID NUMERIC ENTRY                       | A numeric value was expected in response to |
|                                             | the prompt.                                 |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| INVALID OPEN MODE. DATA BASE   WILL BE      | You can respond password,mode to any        |
| OPENED IN MODE 5.                           | database password prompt, where mode is a   |
|                                             | number from 1 to 8, representing the access |
|                                             | mode you want to open the database in.      |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| INVALID RELATIONAL OPERATOR                 | Operator must be EQ, GT, LE, GE, LT, or NE. |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
|                   Message                   |          Explanation and/or Action          |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| ITEM SIZES IN COMPARISON EXPRESSION MUST BE | Data names used in comparison must be       |
| EQUAL                                       | defined with the same length.               |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| ITEM TYPES IN COMPARISON EXPRESSION MUST BE | Data names used in comparison must be of    |
| THE SAME                                    | the same data types.                        |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| LOCKWORD CANNOT CONTAIN SPECIAL CHARACTERS  | MPE lockwords cannot contain special        |
|                                             | characters.                                 |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| LOCKWORD MUST NOT BE GREATER THAN EIGHT     | MPE lockwords cannot contain more than      |
| CHARACTERS                                  | eight characters.                           |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| MISMATCHED PARENTHESES: expression          | The computational expression indicated did  |
|                                             | not contain a matching number of open and   |
|                                             | close parentheses.                          |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| MPE COMMAND ERROR                           | An error occurred setting or resetting a    |
|                                             | file equation.                              |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| MPE FILE SYSTEM number ON FILE filename     | An error occurred on an open.  The file is  |
|                                             | the name of the file it tried to open.      |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
|                   Message                   |          Explanation and/or Action          |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| NO DATA BASES ARE IN THE DICTIONARY         | No databases are identified in the data     |
|                                             | dictionary.                                 |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| NO DATA NAMES ARE DEFINED IN THIS DATA SET  | No data names have been assigned to this    |
|                                             | data set in the data dictionary.            |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| NO DATA NAMES ARE DEFINED IN THIS SUBGROUP  | No data names have been assigned to this    |
|                                             | subgroup in the data dictionary.            |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| NO DATA SETS ARE IN THIS DATA BASE          | The data dictionary shows no association    |
|                                             | between this database and its corresponding |
|                                             | data sets.                                  |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| NO INFORM GROUPS ARE IN THE DICTIONARY      | No INFORM/V Groups have been set up in the  |
|                                             | data dictionary.                            |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| <NO RECORDS FOUND>                          | The report processor could not find any     |
|                                             | matching record in the file or database.    |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| NO REPORTS FOUND UNDER groupname            | Within the specified computer group, no     |
|                                             | reports appear in the catalog.              |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| NO SUCH REPORT NAME                         | The report name specified is not listed in  |
|                                             | the report catalog.                         |
|                                             |                                             |
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          Table D-1.  User Error Messages (continued) 

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|                                             |                                             |
|                   Message                   |          Explanation and/or Action          |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| NUMERIC DECIMAL PART LONGER   THAN n        | Decimal part of a decimal number exceeds    |
|                                             | the length n defined for the associated     |
|                                             | data name.                                  |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| NUMERIC INTEGER PART LONGER   THAN n        | Integer part of a decimal number exceeds    |
|                                             | the length n defined for the associated     |
|                                             | data name.                                  |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| ONLY ONE ENTRY EXPECTED -   REMAINDER       | Only one entry can be made.                 |
| IGNORED                                     |                                             |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| ONLY number ENTRIES EXPECTED - REMAINDER    | Only the specified number of entries can be |
| IGNORED                                     | made.                                       |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| OUT OF RANGE PCODE ADDRESS                  | Report the error to the DBA.                |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| OUTPUT FILE ACCESS                          | The output device is unavailable.  Check    |
|                                             | FILE statement or call system operator.     |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| PASSWORD CANNOT CONTAIN   SPECIAL           | Passwords cannot contain special            |
| CHARACTERS                                  | characters.                                 |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| PASSWORD MUST BE 8 CHARACTERS   OR LESS     | Password entered was longer than eight      |
|                                             | characters.                                 |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| PASSWORD MUST NOT BE GREATER THAN EIGHT     | Password entered was longer than eight      |
| CHARACTERS                                  | characters.                                 |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| PRINT FILE ACCESS                           | The print device is unavailable.  Check     |
|                                             | FILE statement or call system operator.     |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
|                   Message                   |          Explanation and/or Action          |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| RELATIONAL OPERATOR IN EXPRESSION INVALID   | The operator entered is not compatible with |
| WITH ITEM TYPE                              | the type of these data types.               |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| REPORT FILE ALREADY EXISTS,   PURGE OLD     | The report file name already exists in the  |
| FILE(N/Y)?>                                 | report catalog.  Should the existing report |
|                                             | definition be replaced with the new one?    |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| REPORT FILE CLOSE FAILURE                   | The report cannot be added to the           |
|                                             | catalog-see the DBA.                        |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| REPORT FILE ERROR                           | Report the error to the DBA.                |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| REPORT FILE RENAME FAILURE                  | Contact the DBA.                            |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| SELECTED DATA IS NON-NUMERIC                | Data name selected is not defined as        |
|                                             | numeric type in the data dictionary.        |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| SORT END                                    | Error in MPE SORT Utility during exit       |
|                                             | procedures.  If cause is not apparent to    |
|                                             | the resident system programmer, contact the |
|                                             | DBA.                                        |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| SORT FILE WRITE                             | Error on releasing record to the MPE SORT   |
|                                             | Utility.  If cause is not apparent to the   |
|                                             | resident system programmer, then contact    |
|                                             | the DBA.                                    |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| SORT INITIALIZATION                         | Error in call to MPE SORT Utility.  The     |
|                                             | probable cause is insufficient disc space   |
|                                             | for sorting.                                |
|                                             |                                             |
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          Table D-1.  User Error Messages (continued) 

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|                   Message                   |          Explanation and/or Action          |
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| SORT OUTPUT                                 | Error on requesting record from MPE SORT    |
|                                             | Utility.  If cause is not apparent to the   |
|                                             | resident system programmer, then contact    |
|                                             | the DBA.                                    |
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| THAT PASSWORD IS UNKNOWN                    | An invalid password (one that does not      |
|                                             | belong to any of the classes in DATA-CLASS  |
|                                             | that are of type INFO) has been entered.    |
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| TITLE CANNOT BE LONGER                      | A report title longer than 79 characters    |
|                                             | was                                         |
| THAN 79 CHARACTERS                          | entered.                                    |
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| TOO MANY ______DEFINED                      | Blank spaces may contain any of the         |
|                                             | following                                   |
|  IN ______                                  | combinations:                               |

|   DATA NAMES/GROUP                          | The limit of 255 data names per dataset or  |
|                                             | 128                                         |
|   DATA NAMES/SET                            | data names per Group has been exceeded.     |
|                                             | After this message appears, the current     |
|                                             | Data Names Menu is redisplayed and will     |
|                                             | include all new data names up to but not    |
|                                             | including the name that caused the error.   |

|   DATA BASES/DICTIONARY                     | Report the error to the DBA.                |
|   DATA SETS/DATA BASE                       |                                             |
|   GROUPS/DICTIONARY                         |                                             |
|   SUBGROUPS/GROUP                           |                                             |
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| TOO MANY FILES                              | The data names to be included in the report |
|                                             | are listed in more than 255 files- -the     |
|                                             | maximum number files that can be accessed.  |
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          Table D-1.  User Error Messages (continued) 

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|                                             |                                             |
|                   Message                   |          Explanation and/or Action          |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| TOO MANY FILE ELEMENT   RELATIONSHIPS       | There are too many file-element             |
|                                             | relationships defined for the particular    |
|                                             | list of data names selected for the report. |
|                                             | Report the error to the DBA.                |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| TOO MANY FILES EXIST; UNABLE   TO CREATE A  | INFORM/V job files and cataloged reports    |
| UNIQUE FILE                                 | must total fewer than 99.                   |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| TOO MANY SUBDIVISIONS,   SUBTOTALS, AND     | The total number of data names selected to  |
| TOTALS                                      | be subdivided, subtotaled, and totaled      |
|                                             | exceeds the maximum of 255.                 |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| TOO MANY VARIABLES IN REPORT   TITLE        | No more than six variables can be used in   |
|                                             | the report title.                           |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| UNDELIMITED TEXT STRING                     | A string value must begin and end with      |
|                                             | quotes.                                     |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| UNEXPECTED EOF IN REPORT FILE               | The processor encountered an unexpected     |
|                                             | end-of-file while reading the report file.  |
|                                             | Notify the DBA.                             |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| USER OR ACCOUNT DOES NOT POSSESS THE        | User or account does not have the authority |
| CAPABILITY TO STREAM A JOB                  | to stream a batch job.                      |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| USER CAPABILITIES DO NOT ALLOW A JOB TO BE  | The user does not have the authority to     |
| STREAMED                                    | stream a batch job.                         |
|                                             |                                             |
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          Table D-1.  User Error Messages (continued) 

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|                                             |                                             |
|                   Message                   |          Explanation and/or Action          |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| WARNING: DATA IS TYPE X OR U                | Data name used in the computational         |
|                                             | expression is of type X or U. Conversion    |
|                                             | error might occur if data is not numeric.   |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| WARNING: DATA NAME * IS OF TYPE   X OR U,   | Data name used at the SUMMARIZE FOR prompt  |
| DATA MAY NOT BE NUMERIC                     | is type X or U. Conversion error might      |
|                                             | occur if data is not numeric.               |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| WARNING ** REPORT MAY CONTAIN A MAXIMUM OF  | No more than 128 data names can be included |
| 128 ENTRIES                                 | in the report.                              |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| YOUR PASSWORD DOES NOT ALLOW YOU   TO RUN   | User is attempting to produce a report      |
| THIS REPORT                                 | created by another user having different    |
|                                             | access authority.                           |
|                                             |                                             |
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          Table D-2.  Fatal Processing Errors. 

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|                                             |                                             |
|                   Number                    |          Explanation and/or Action          |
|                                             |                                             |
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|                                             |                                             |
| 2                                           | Too many file set links (file/element       |
|                                             | relationships); the limit is 255.           |
|                                             |                                             |
| 3                                           | Exceeded allowable p-code instructions; the |
|                                             | maximum is 255.                             |
|                                             |                                             |
| 6                                           | Overflowed internal registers.  Over 255    |
|                                             | entries or 1024 words data.                 |
|                                             |                                             |
| 7                                           | Too many data elements to fit into data     |
|                                             | register.  Maximum is 1024 words.           |
|                                             |                                             |
| 11                                          | Link table overflow; limit is 128 items.    |
|                                             |                                             |
| 12                                          | Zsize error; ran out of stack.              |
|                                             |                                             |
| 13                                          | Too many items selected; the maximum is     |
|                                             | 128.                                        |
|                                             |                                             |
| 100                                         | Table holding files overflowed; the maximum |
|                                             | is 32 files.                                |
|                                             |                                             |
| 101                                         | Too many databases to load; the limit is 16 |
|                                             | databases.                                  |
|                                             |                                             |
| 102                                         | Too many file/element relationships; the    |
|                                             | maximum is 255.                             |
|                                             |                                             |
| 112                                         | Table holding items overflowed; the maximum |
|                                             | is 128 items.                               |
|                                             |                                             |
| 113                                         | Cannot find a starting file for the report; |
|                                             | missing file/element relationship.          |
|                                             |                                             |
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