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QUERY/V Reference Manual

Appendix A  QUERY/V MESSAGES 

The messages in this appendix are listed alphabetically.  Messages that
begin with a number are listed alphabetically, with the other messages,
by the first word after the number.  For example, the message:  x ENTRIES
QUALIFIED  is listed with the messages beginning with the letter E.

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|           MESSAGE            |           MEANING            |            ACTION            |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
| A DUMMY DATA SET CAN BE      | The same dummy data set can  | Correct the command and      |
| EQUATED TO ONLY ONE DATA SET | only be used in one data set | re-enter it.                 |
|                              | equivalence.                 |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| A FILE WITH THE GIVEN NAME   | There is already a file with | Either use a different file  |
| ALREADY EXISTS               | the same name in the         | name or purge the existing   |
|                              | specified group and account. | file with that name.         |
|                              |                              |                              |
| A PARENTHESIS OR BRACKET IS  | A left or right parenthesis  | Correct the command and      |
| NOT PAIRED IN PATTERN        | or bracket is missing.       | re-enter it.                 |
|                              |                              |                              |
| A SPECIFIED OPTION NOT       | Only the SPACE and SKIP      | Correct the command and      |
| ALLOWED FOR USER PROCEDURES  | options can be used with     | re-enter it.                 |
|                              | user procedures.             |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| A TRANSACTION IS IN          | TRANSBEGIN was entered twice | Enter TRANSEND if you want   |
| PROGRESS; TRANSEND MUST BE   | without any intervening      | to end the current           |
| CALLED BEFORE ANOTHER        | TRANSEND. Another            | transaction.                 |
| TRANSBEGIN                   | transaction cannot be        |                              |
|                              | started until the preceding  |                              |
|                              | transaction has ended.       |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ADD OPTION ALREADY SPECIFIED | The ADD option has been      | Re-enter the statement with  |
|                              | entered twice for the same   | a single ADD option.         |
|                              | total statement.             |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ADD OPTION NOT ALLOWED IN    | A statement other than total | Re-enter the statement       |
| STATEMENT                    | contains an ADD option.      | without the ADD option.      |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ALL DATA SET NAMES ARE VALID | The specified dummy data set | Re-enter the command with a  |
| NAMES, DATA SET EQUIVALENCES | name is an existing data set | valid dummy data set name.   |
| WERE IGNORED                 | in one or more open data     |                              |
|                              | bases.                       |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ALPHA EDIT MASK EXCEEDS      | The number of characters in  | Correct the edit mask length |
| MAXIMUM SIZE                 | an alphanumeric edit mask    | by changing the edit         |
|                              | exceeds the length of the    | statement.                   |
|                              | output device record.        |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
|           MESSAGE            |           MEANING            |            ACTION            |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
| ARITHMETIC OVERFLOW [ON Rn]  | The sum of data item values  | The REPORT command           |
|                              | being totaled (using a total | terminates.  Re-enter the    |
|                              | statement ADD option)        | command or alter the report  |
|                              | exceeds 20 digits.  A        | procedure and execute it     |
|                              | register arithmetic          | again.                       |
|                              | operation caused an          |                              |
|                              | underflow/overflow condition |                              |
|                              | on the specified register    |                              |
|                              | number n.                    |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ATTEMPTED MODIFICATION OF A  | The UPDATE REPLACE command   | Delete the entire entry and  |
| SEARCH OR SORT KEY           | has attempted to change the  | add it again with a new      |
|                              | value of a data item defined | value for the search or sort |
|                              | as a search or sort item.    | item.                        |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ATTEMPTED MODIFICATION OF A  | The UPDATE REPLACE command   | You cannot modify the item   |
| READ-ONLY ITEM               | has attempted to modify a    | unless you supply the        |
|                              | data item to which you have  | appropriate password with    |
|                              | only read but not write      | the PASSWORD= command.       |
|                              | access.                      |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| AUTOMATIC MASTER             | The UPDATE ADD command has   | None                         |
|                              | attempted to add an entry to |                              |
|                              | an automatic master data     |                              |
|                              | set.                         |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
|                              | It is not necessary to       |                              |
|                              | explicitly enter values for  |                              |
|                              | an automatic master.  IMAGE  |                              |
|                              | will do that for you.        |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| AVERAGE OPTION ALREADY       | The AVERAGE option has been  | Re-enter the statement with  |
| SPECIFIED                    | entered twice for the same   | a single AVERAGE option.     |
|                              | total statement.             |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| AVERAGE OPTION NOT ALLOWED   | A statement other than total | Re-enter the statement       |
| IN STATEMENT                 | contains an AVERAGE option.  | without AVERAGE.             |
|                              |                              |                              |
| BAD DATA BASE REFERENCE      | This is an internal QUERY    | Contact your HP support      |
|                              | problem.                     | representative.              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| BAD DATA BASE NUMBER         | This is an internal QUERY    | Contact your HP support      |
|                              | problem.                     | representative.              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| BAD DATA SET OR DATA ITEM    | This is an internal QUERY    | Contact your HP support      |
| REFERENCE                    | problem.                     | representative.              |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|           MESSAGE            |           MEANING            |            ACTION            |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
| BAD ITEM REFERENCE OR BAD    | This is an internal QUERY    | Contact your HP support      |
| LIST (SUB-SYSTEM ERROR)      | problem.                     | representative.              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| BAD MODE                     | This is an internal QUERY    | Contact your HP support      |
|                              | problem.                     | representative.              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| BAD PASSWORD                 | Password not defined for     | Re-enter the password.       |
|                              | data base.  You cannot       |                              |
|                              | access any data items or     |                              |
|                              | data sets.                   |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| BEGINNING OF CHAIN           | This is an internal QUERY    | Contact your HP support      |
|                              | problem.                     | representative.              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| BEGINNING-OF-FILE            | This is an internal QUERY    | Contact your HP support      |
|                              | problem.                     | representative.              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| BROKEN CHAIN POINTERS        | You have read only access    | Re-enter the command.        |
|                              | and are sharing the data     |                              |
|                              | base with a user who is      |                              |
|                              | making structural changes to |                              |
|                              | it.                          |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| BUFFER OVERFLOW              | The total length of all data | Use the FORM command to see  |
|                              | items to be modified in the  | the exact length of the data |
|                              | data set exceeds 2048 words  | items and re-enter the       |
|                              | and has overflowed the       | values.                      |
|                              | buffer used to hold them.    |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| CAN ONLY REPORT FROM DATA    | A data base other than the   | Correct the data base name   |
| BASE USED IN FIND OR SUBSET  | one specified in the FIND or | and re-enter the command.    |
| COMMAND                      | SUBSET command was specified |                              |
|                              | in your report.              |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| CAN ONLY RETRIEVE FROM ONE   | A SUBSET on a single data    | Correct the data base name   |
| DATA BASE AT A TIME          | set select file may only     | and re-enter the command.    |
| FOLLOWING A FIND COMMAND     | refer to one data base.      |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| CAN ONLY SPECIFY A DATA BASE | The LIST command has         | Correct the data base name   |
| NAME FOR THE FIRST DATA ITEM | qualified a data item other  | and re-enter the command.    |
| OR DATA SET NAMED IN THE     | than the first data item     |                              |
| COMMAND                      | with a data base name.       |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| CANNOT COMPLETE JOIN -       | QUERY uses a maximum of 244  | Use stricter selection       |
| MAXIMUM NUMBER OF TEMPORARY  | temporary files, each 2048   | criteria in the MULTIFIND    |
| FILES IS EXCEEDED            | records long.  In the        | command.                     |
|                              | process of joining the data  |                              |
|                              | sets this limit has been     |                              |
|                              | reached.                     |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|           MESSAGE            |           MEANING            |            ACTION            |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
| CANNOT DELETE ENTIRE COMMAND | You cannot completely delete | Use the R subcommand if you  |
|                              | a command from the command   | want to change the entire    |
|                              | history buffer.              | command.                     |
|                              |                              |                              |
| CANNOT FIND SEARCH STRING IN | The string in the REDO       | Re-enter the command with a  |
| COMMAND HISTORY BUFFER       | command does not exist in    | valid string.                |
|                              | the command history buffer.  |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| CANNOT USE SUBSET COMMAND    | The SUBSET command cannot be | Use JOIN, MULTIFIND, and     |
| AFTER A FIND CHAIN COMMAND   | used on a FIND CHAIN select  | SUBSET to access the same    |
|                              | file.                        | data.                        |
|                              |                              |                              |
| CHARACTER TYPE DATA ITEMS    | If one data item named in a  | Use the FORM command to      |
| MAY ONLY BE EQUATED WITH     | data item equivalence is of  | check the type of data       |
| CHARACTER TYPE DATA ITEMS    | character data type, the     | items.                       |
|                              | other data item named in the |                              |
|                              | equivalence must also be of  |                              |
|                              | character type.              |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| COMBINED LENGTH OF DATA      | The select file may not be   | None                         |
| ENTRIES FORMING A COMPOUND   | saved since the length of    |                              |
| ENTRY CANNOT EXCEED 2047     | the compound data entry is   |                              |
| WORDS                        | too large.                   |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| COMMAND STOPPED AT LIMIT, AS | Command has retrieved the    | None                         |
| SPECIFIED                    | number of entries specified  |                              |
|                              | with #LIMIT parameter.       |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| COMMAND TABLE OVERFLOW       | LIST: Contains more than 10  | Re-enter the command with    |
|                              | logical relationships.       | fewer logical relationships. |
|                              |                              |                              |
|                              | REPORT: Contains more than   |                              |
|                              | 400 statements.              | Re-enter report with fewer   |
|                              |                              | statements.                  |
|                              | RETRIEVAL: Contains more     |                              |
|                              | than 50 logical              | Re-enter command with fewer  |
|                              | relationships.               | logical relationships.       |
|                              |                              |                              |
| x  COMPOUND ENTRIES          | x is the number of compound  | None                         |
| QUALIFIED                    | entries retrieved by         |                              |
|                              | MULTIFIND or SUBSET.         |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
|           MESSAGE            |           MEANING            |            ACTION            |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
| CONSTANT LITERAL TABLE       | LIST: Number of data item    | Re-enter the command.        |
| OVERFLOW                     | values appearing in the      |                              |
|                              | entire LIST command has      |                              |
|                              | exceeded the capacity of the |                              |
|                              | table used to hold them.     |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
|                              | REPORT: Number of literal    | Revise the report and        |
|                              | character strings appearing  | re-enter the command.  The   |
|                              | in all the header, detail,   | maximum number of characters |
|                              | group, and total statements  | for all literals combined is |
|                              | have exceeded the capacity   | about 1536 bytes minus twice |
|                              | of the table used to hold    | the number of literals in    |
|                              | them.                        | the report.                  |
|                              |                              |                              |
| CONTROL BREAK INCONSISTENCY  | The level numbers of total   | Revise the report and        |
|                              | or group statements do not   | re-enter the command.        |
|                              | match properly with the sort |                              |
|                              | statement level numbers.     |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| COUNT OPTION ALREADY         | The COUNT option has been    | Re-enter the statement with  |
| SPECIFIED                    | entered twice for the same   | a single COUNT option.       |
|                              | total statement.             |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| COUNT OPTION NOT ALLOWED IN  | Statement other than total   | Re-enter the statement       |
| STATEMENT                    | contains a COUNT option.     | without COUNT.               |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DATA BASE data base name HAS | The data base that your      | Either enter another command |
| BEEN CLOSED, COMMAND CANNOT  | command refers to has been   | that does not access that    |
| BE CONTINUED                 | closed.                      | data base, or use a DEFINE,  |
|                              |                              | DATA BASE=, or MULTIDB       |
|                              |                              | command to open that data    |
|                              |                              | base.                        |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DATA BASE BUSY, DO YOU WISH  | The data base was opened     | Reply NO to ignore current   |
| TO WAIT (YES OR NO)?         | with access modes 1 and 5    | command.  Reply YES to be    |
|                              | and other users are          | placed in a wait queue until |
|                              | currently accessing the data | all other users in the queue |
|                              | base.                        | have accessed the data base. |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DATA BASE CANNOT BE OPENED   | Some of the data in the      | Notify your data base        |
| BECAUSE IT IS DAMAGED        | specified data base is not   | administrator.               |
|                              | accurate because the data    |                              |
|                              | base has been damaged.       |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
|           MESSAGE            |           MEANING            |            ACTION            |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
| DATA BASE CANNOT BE OPENED   | The data base name is        | Re-enter the command with a  |
| (CHECK DATA BASE NAME OR     | invalid, or the account or   | valid data base name or      |
| SECURITY)                    | group specified does not     | change your password with    |
|                              | exist, or you do not have    | the PASSWORD= command.       |
|                              | access to that data because  |                              |
|                              | of MPE security.             |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DATA BASE CANNOT BE OPENED   | The data base cannot be      | If this message persists,    |
| (DBOPEN DID NOT SUCCEED)     | opened because an error      | notify your data base        |
|                              | occurred.                    | administrator.               |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DATA BASE IN USE             | The data base is currently   | Change the mode or try       |
|                              | being accessed and cannot be | later.                       |
|                              | opened with an exclusive     |                              |
|                              | access mode.                 |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DATA BASE IS LOCKED BY       | The data base cannot be      | Try accessing data base at a |
| ANOTHER PROCESS              | accessed because another     | later time.                  |
|                              | user has the data base, data |                              |
|                              | sets or entries locked.      |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DATA BASE NOT DECLARED       | The command has been entered | Use DEFINE, DATA-BASE=, or   |
|                              | prior to declaring the data  | MULTIDB to declare the data  |
|                              | base(s).                     | base(s).                     |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DATA BASE OPEN EXCLUSIVELY   | The data base is currently   | Wait until the other user    |
|                              | being accessed by another    | closes the data base and try |
|                              | user with exclusive access   | again.                       |
|                              | mode.                        |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DATA BASE OPEN IN ANOTHER    | The data base is currently   | Try another mode or try      |
| MODE                         | being accessed in an access  | again later.  (Refer to      |
|                              | mode which is incompatible   | Section 1 for compatible     |
|                              | with the one specified.      | modes.)                      |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DATA BASE REQUIRES CREATION  | The data base root file      | Run the IMAGE program DBUTIL |
|                              | exists, but files containing | in CREATE mode to create the |
|                              | data sets do not.            | data base.                   |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DATA ITEM DOES NOT BELONG TO | The data item does not       | Re-enter the command with    |
| SPECIFIED DATA SET           | belong to the data set named | the correct data set name.   |
|                              | in the command.              |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
|           MESSAGE            |           MEANING            |            ACTION            |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
| DATA ITEM LIST TOO LONG      | Internal QUERY error.        | Contact your HP support      |
|                              |                              | representative.              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DATA ITEM NOT RETRIEVED data | The command references a     | Retrieve entries that        |
| item name                    | data item that was not       | contain the data item and    |
|                              | previously selected by a     | re-enter the command.        |
|                              | retrieval command.           |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DATA ITEM USED IN MATCH MUST | The data item specified for  | Use the FORM command to      |
| BE TYPE "U" OR "X"           | a pattern match must be of   | check the type of data       |
|                              | character type.              | items.                       |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DATA ITEM VALUE TOO LONG     | The data item value entered  | Use the FORM command to      |
|                              | exceeds 500 characters or    | verify the length of the     |
|                              | the maximum allowable length | data item and re-enter with  |
|                              | for the data item type       | a smaller value.             |
|                              | defined.                     |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DATA OF TYPE K CANNOT BE A   | Data items of type K must be | Re-enter a positive value    |
| NEGATIVE VALUE               | positive.                    | see Table 1-1 for the legal  |
|                              |                              | value range for type K.      |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DATA SET BUSY - TRY AGAIN    | The data set is being        | Try again later.             |
|                              | accessed by other users.     |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DATA SET FULL                | No more entries can be added | Consult with your data base  |
|                              | to the data set.             | administrator.               |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DATA SET NOT WRITEABLE       | The command attempted to     | You must supply an           |
|                              | modify a data item in a data | appropriate password or      |
|                              | set which you are only       | enter a different command.   |
|                              | allowed to read but not      |                              |
|                              | write.                       |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DBB CONTROL BLOCK FULL       | Internal IMAGE problem.      | Refer to the IMAGE Reference |
|                              |                              | Manual for an explanation of |
|                              |                              | the problem.                 |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DBINFO MODE 901 FAILED.      | The version of IMAGE on your | Refer to the IMAGE Reference |
| CHECK DATA BASE LANGUAGE     | system does not have NLS     | Manual for an explanation of |
| ATTRIBUTE AND IMAGE VERSION. | features.                    | this problem.                |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DBG CONTROL BLOCK FULL       | Internal IMAGE problem.      | This is a warning.  The user |
|                              |                              | may want to update IMAGE to  |
|                              |                              | a version that supports NLS. |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
|           MESSAGE            |           MEANING            |            ACTION            |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
| DBU CONTROL BLOCK FULL       | The IMAGE user control block | Close and reopen the data    |
|                              | is full.                     | base you are accessing       |
|                              |                              | either by exiting and        |
|                              |                              | re-entering QUERY or by      |
|                              |                              | using the CLOSE command.  If |
|                              |                              | the problem persists, refer  |
|                              |                              | to the IMAGE Reference       |
|                              |                              | Manual for an explanation of |
|                              |                              | the problem.                 |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DELETE ALL RETRIEVED ENTRIES | QUERY requests confirmation  | Reply YES to delete all      |
| (YES OR NO)?                 | of the UPDATE DELETE command | entries selected by the most |
|                              | just entered.                | recent retrieval command.    |
|                              |                              | Reply NO to abort the        |
|                              |                              | command.                     |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DIRECTED BEGINNING-OF-FILE   | Internal QUERY problem.      | Contact your HP support      |
|                              |                              | representative.              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DIRECTED END-OF-FILE         | Internal QUERY problem.      | Contact your HP support      |
|                              |                              | representative.              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DIRECTORY OVERFLOW,          | The current Proc-file        | Delete existing unused       |
| PROCEDURE REJECTED           | directory is full and cannot | procedures in the current    |
|                              | accept more procedures.      | Proc-file or build and       |
|                              |                              | declare another one with the |
|                              |                              | PROC-FILE= command.          |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DUPLICATE EDIT STATEMENTS    | More than one edit statement | The second edit statement is |
|                              | with the same number has     | ignored unless the REPORT is |
|                              | been entered.                | a procedure.  If so, RETURN  |
|                              |                              | to prompt.  Alter the        |
|                              |                              | procedure.                   |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DUPLICATE ITEM IGNORED       | The same data item has       | None                         |
|                              | appeared more than once in   |                              |
|                              | the command.  Only first     |                              |
|                              | occurrence is used.          |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DUPLICATE ITEM NAME          | Two or more data sets named  | None                         |
|                              | in the JOIN command contain  |                              |
|                              | the same data item name and  |                              |
|                              | one or both of the           |                              |
|                              | following:                   |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
|                              | (1) The duplicate items are  |                              |
|                              | not named in the data item   |                              |
|                              | equivalence.                 |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
|                              | (2) The item is compound.    |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
|           MESSAGE            |           MEANING            |            ACTION            |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
| DUPLICATE PROCEDURE NAME     | The procedure name already   | Re-enter the command with a  |
|                              | exists in the current        | different procedure name.    |
|                              | Proc-file.                   |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DUPLICATE SEARCH ITEM VALUE  | You have entered a search    | None                         |
|                              | value that already exists in |                              |
|                              | the master data set.  The    |                              |
|                              | value you tried to add is    |                              |
|                              | ignored.                     |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| DUPLICATE SORT DATA ITEM     | More than one sort statement | Revise the report and        |
| NAME                         | contains the same data item  | re-enter the command.        |
|                              | name, qualified with the     |                              |
|                              | same data base name and      |                              |
|                              | subscript.                   |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| EDIT MASK ERROR              | A numeric edit mask contains | Correct the mask and         |
|                              | characters in the wrong      | re-enter the edit statement. |
|                              | order.                       |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| EDIT OPTION ALREADY          | The statement contains more  | Revise the statement and     |
| SPECIFIED                    | than one edit statement      | re-enter it.                 |
|                              | reference.                   |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| EDIT OPTION ERROR            | The edit statement reference | Revise the statement and     |
|                              | is not between E0 and E9     | re-enter it.                 |
|                              | inclusive.                   |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| EDIT OPTION NOT ALLOWED IN   | The edit statement is        | Revise the report and        |
| STATEMENT statement          | referenced in in the         | re-enter the command         |
|                              | displayed statement which    |                              |
|                              | contains a literal as a      |                              |
|                              | print element.               |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| EITHER NO JOIN COMMAND WAS   | The JOIN command was not     | Enter a valid JOIN command.  |
| ISSUED OR THE MOST RECENT    | entered or not entered       |                              |
| JOIN COMMAND WAS INVALID     | correctly.                   |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| END OF CHAIN                 | The end of a detail chain    | Consult with data base       |
|                              | has been prematurely         | administrator.  Problem may  |
|                              | encountered.                 | be an internal QUERY problem |
|                              |                              | or a problem with the data   |
|                              |                              | base.                        |
|                              |                              |                              |
| END OF FILE                  | The end of the data set file | Consult with data base       |
|                              | has been prematurely         | administrator.  Problem may  |
|                              | encountered.                 | be an interal QUERY problem  |
|                              |                              | with the data base.          |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
|           MESSAGE            |           MEANING            |            ACTION            |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
| END-OF-FILE ON COMMAND INPUT | QUERY has encountered the    | Check input file and add an  |
| FILE                         | end of the input file before | EXIT command.                |
|                              | finding an EXIT command.  In |                              |
|                              | batch, the end of file could |                              |
|                              | be caused by a :EOD, :EOJ,   |                              |
|                              | :JOB or :DATA record.        |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| END-OF-FILE ON REPORT FILE   | There is not enough room     | Notify the system operator.  |
|                              | left in the file to which    |                              |
|                              | the report is being written. |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| END OF XEQ FILE              | The End-Of-File was          | None                         |
|                              | encountered in the XEQ file. |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| END PRINT POSITION ERROR     | The end print position       | Revise the statement and     |
|                              | specified contains an        | re-enter it.                 |
|                              | illegal digit, is equal to   |                              |
|                              | zero, or is greater than the |                              |
|                              | record size of the output    |                              |
|                              | device.                      |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| END PROCEDURE DATA           | The line number referenced   | Re-enter the command with    |
|                              | in an insert, replace, or    | the correct statement        |
|                              | delete statement is greater  | number.                      |
|                              | than the final statement     |                              |
|                              | number of the procedure      |                              |
|                              | being altered.               |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| x ENTRIES HAVE QUALIFIED, DO | CONTROL Y was entered during | Reply NO if you want to      |
| YOU WANT TO CONTINUE         | the retrieval.  x is the     | terminate the command.  The  |
| SEARCHING?                   | number of entries found so   | number of entries that have  |
|                              | far.                         | qualified so far will be     |
|                              |                              | preserved.  Reply YES if you |
|                              |                              | want to continue.            |
|                              |                              |                              |
| x ENTRIES NOT DELETED        | An attempt has been made to  | If desired, delete the       |
| BECAUSE CORRESPONDING DETAIL | delete a master search item  | detail entries first and     |
| ENTRIES EXIST                | value that still exists as a | then the master entry.       |
|                              | detail search item value in  |                              |
|                              | one or more linked detail    |                              |
|                              | data sets.  x is the number  |                              |
|                              | of entries not deleted.      |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| x ENTRIES QUALIFIED          | x is the number of entries   | None                         |
|                              | selected by the command.     |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|           MESSAGE            |           MEANING            |            ACTION            |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
| ERROR IN COMPILE-MATCH       | An internal error occurred   | Try entering a shorter       |
|                              | while trying to process the  | pattern.                     |
|                              | pattern specified with       |                              |
|                              | MATCHING. There may be too   |                              |
|                              | many characters in the       |                              |
|                              | pattern.                     |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ERROR IN SAVE PROCEDURE      | Internal QUERY Problem.      | Contact your HP support      |
| INVALID ITEM BOUNDARIES -    | Item # n is the number of    | representative.              |
| ITEM # n                     | the item in error.           |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ERROR IN SAVE PROCEDURE      | Internal QUERY Problem.      | Contact your HP support      |
| INVALID ITEM LENGTH - ITEM # | Item # n is the number of    | representative.              |
| n                            | the item in error.           |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ERROR IN SAVE PROCEDURE      | Internal QUERY Problem.      | Contact your HP support      |
| INVALID ITEM OFFSET - ITEM # | Item # n is the number of    | representative.              |
| n                            | the item in error.           |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ERROR IN SAVE PROCEDURE      | Internal QUERY Problem.      | Contact your HP support      |
| INVALID ITEM TYPE SPECIFIED  | Item # n is the number of    | representative.              |
| - ITEM # n                   | the item in error.           |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ERROR IN SAVE PROCEDURE ITEM | Internal QUERY Problem.      | Contact your HP support      |
| BOUNDARY TOO LONG FOR RECORD | Item # n is the number of    | representative.              |
| - ITEM # n                   | the item in error.           |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ERROR IN SAVE PROCEDURE ITEM | Internal QUERY Problem.      | Contact your HP support      |
| NAME BEGINS WITH             | Item # n is the number of    | representative.              |
| NON-ALPHABETIC ITEM - ITEM # | the item in error.           |                              |
| n                            |                              |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ERROR IN SAVE PROCEDURE ITEM | Internal QUERY Problem.      | Contact your HP support      |
| NAME CONTAINS A BLANK - ITEM | Item # n is the number of    | representative.              |
| # n                          | the item in error.           |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|           MESSAGE            |           MEANING            |            ACTION            |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
| ERROR IN SAVE PROCEDURE ITEM | Internal QUERY Problem.      | Contact your HP support      |
| NAME CONTAINS INVALID        | Item # n is the number of    | representative.              |
| CHARACTER - ITEM # n         | the item in error.           |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ERROR IN SAVE PROCEDURE ITEM | Internal QUERY Problem.      | Contact your HP support      |
| NAME IS ALL BLANKS - ITEM #  | Item # n is the number of    | representative.              |
| n                            | the item in error.           |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ERROR IN SAVE PROCEDURE      | Internal QUERY Problem.      | Contact your HP support      |
| NUMBER OF ITEMS MUST BE      |                              | representative.              |
| GREATER THAN ZERO            |                              |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| EXPECTED A " , "             | A comma is missing from the  | Correct the command or       |
|                              | command or statement.        | statement and re-enter it.   |
|                              |                              |                              |
| EXPECTED A " . "             | A period is missing from the | Correct the command or       |
|                              | command or statement.        | statement and re-enter it.   |
|                              |                              |                              |
| EXPECTED " = "               | An equal sign is missing     | Correct the command or       |
|                              | from the command.            | statement and re-enter it.   |
|                              |                              |                              |
| EXPECTED A " ; "             | A semicolon is missing from  | Correct the command or       |
|                              | the command or statement.    | statement and re-enter it.   |
|                              |                              |                              |
| EXPECTED A CHARACTER IN      | A pattern must have one or   | Correct the command or       |
| PATTERN                      | more characters.             | statement and re-enter it.   |
|                              |                              |                              |
| EXPECTED A CONNECTOR OR      | The command is missing a     | Correct the command or       |
| "END"                        | logical connector (AND or    | statement and re-enter it.   |
|                              | OR) or a terminating END, or |                              |
|                              | an ending quote is missing   |                              |
|                              | from a data item value.      |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| EXPECTED A DATA ITEM NAME    | A data item name is missing  | Re-enter the command with a  |
|                              | from the command.            | data item name.              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| EXPECTED A DATA SET NAME     | A data set name is missing   | Re-enter the command with a  |
|                              | from the command.            | data set name.               |
|                              |                              |                              |
| EXPECTED A DUMMY DATA SET    | A dummy data set name is     | Re-enter the command with a  |
| NAME                         | missing from the command.    | dummy data set name.         |
|                              |                              |                              |
| EXPECTED A LANGUAGE NUMBER   | The LANGUAGE=command only    | Enter HELP LANGUAGE for a    |
| OR NAME                      | accepts the name of a        | complete explanation of the  |
|                              | language or the number       | command and then re-enter    |
|                              | associated with that name.   | it.                          |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|           MESSAGE            |           MEANING            |            ACTION            |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
| EXPECTED A LITERAL VALUE     | The value in quotes is       | If prompted with >>,         |
|                              | missing or the beginning or  | re-enter the data item name  |
|                              | ending quote is missing.     | and value.  Otherwise,       |
|                              |                              | correct the command and      |
|                              |                              | re-enter it.                 |
|                              |                              |                              |
| EXPECTED LEFT PARENTHESIS    | The left parenthesis which   | Correct the command and      |
|                              | specifies a sub-item index   | re-enter it.                 |
|                              | is missing from the command. |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| EXPECTED RIGHT PARENTHESIS   | The right parenthesis which  | Correct the command and      |
|                              | specifies a sub-item index   | re-enter it.                 |
|                              | is missing from the command. |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| EXPECTED EITHER A COMMA OR A | The JOIN command expected a  | Correct the command and      |
| SEMICOLON                    | comma or semicolon.          | re-enter it.                 |
|                              |                              |                              |
| EXPECTED "TO"                | A TO is missing from the     | Correct the statement and    |
|                              | data item equivalences.      | re-enter it.                 |
|                              |                              |                              |
| FATAL ERROR: QUERY           | An unrecoverable error has   | Notify your data base        |
| TERMINATED                   | occurred.                    | administrator.               |
|                              |                              |                              |
| FCLOSE FAILURE x, y          | The MPE intrinsic FCLOSE     | Notify your data base        |
|                              | failed.  (IMAGE error -2).   | administrator.               |
|                              | x is the data set number, y  |                              |
|                              | is the file system error     |                              |
|                              | number.                      |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| FILE CLOSE ERROR code        | A file error occurred while  | Notify your data base        |
|                              | MPE was closing a file.      | administrator.               |
|                              | code is an MPE file system   |                              |
|                              | error number.                |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| FILE DOES NOT EXIST          | The specified file does not  | Re-enter the command with a  |
|                              | exist.                       | valid file name.             |
|                              |                              |                              |
| FILE DOES NOT EXIST, BEING   | The procedure file does not  | None                         |
| CREATED                      | exist in the log-on group.   |                              |
|                              | The file is created by QUERY |                              |
|                              | and saved using file name as |                              |
|                              | the formal designator.  File |                              |
|                              | size is 126 records.         |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| FILE NOT TYPE ASCII          | The referenced file is not   | Re-enter the command using   |
|                              | an ASCII file.               | the name of an ASCII file.   |
|                              |                              |                              |
| FILE OPEN ERROR BAD RECSIZE  | The ASCII file declared as   | Declare a different          |
|                              | the Proc-file does not have  | Proc-file with the           |
|                              | a record size of 256 bytes.  | PROC-FILE= command.          |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|           MESSAGE            |           MEANING            |            ACTION            |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
| FILE OPEN ERROR code         | A file error occurred while  | Contact your HP support      |
|                              | opening a file.  code is an  | representative.              |
|                              | MPE file system error        |                              |
|                              | number.                      |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| FILE READ ERROR code         | A physical error occurred    | Contact your HP support      |
|                              | during Proc-file read        | representative.              |
|                              | operation.  Code is an MPE   |                              |
|                              | file system error number.    |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| FILE SYSTEM ERROR OCCURRED   | A file error occurred while  | Contact your HP support      |
| IN SDBUILD INTRINSIC - code  | QUERY was saving the select  | representative.              |
|                              | file.  Code is an MPE file   |                              |
|                              | system error number.         |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| FILE WRITE ERROR code        | A physical error occurred    | Contact your HP support      |
|                              | during file write operation. | representative.              |
|                              | Code is an MPE file system   |                              |
|                              | error number.                |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| FLOCK FAILURE x, y           | The MPE intrinsic FLOCK      | Notify your data base        |
|                              | failed.  (IMAGE error -7.)   | administrator.               |
|                              | x is the data set number, y  |                              |
|                              | is the file system error     |                              |
|                              | number.                      |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| FOPEN FAILURE x, y           | The MPE intrinsic FOPEN      | Notify your data base        |
|                              | failed.  (IMAGE error -1).   | administrator.               |
|                              | x is the data set number, y  |                              |
|                              | is the file system error     |                              |
|                              | number.                      |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| FREADDIR FAILURE x, y        | The MPE intrinsic FOPEN      | Notify your data base        |
|                              | failed.  (IMAGE error -3).   | administrator.               |
|                              | x is the data set number, y  |                              |
|                              | is the file system error     |                              |
|                              | number.                      |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| FREADLABEL FAILURE x, y      | The MPE intrinsic FOPEN      | Notify your data base        |
|                              | failed.  (IMAGE error -4).   | administrator.               |
|                              | x is the data set number, y  |                              |
|                              | is the file system error     |                              |
|                              | number.                      |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| FULL CHAIN FOR ITEM item     | Command attempted to add a   | Consult with your data base  |
| name IN MASTER set name      | detail entry to a chain      | administrator.               |
|                              | which has reached the        |                              |
|                              | maximum allowable number of  |                              |
|                              | entries.  Command ignored.   |                              |
|                              | Item name is the search item |                              |
|                              | in the detail data set and   |                              |
|                              | set name is master data set  |                              |
|                              | name.                        |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
|           MESSAGE            |           MEANING            |            ACTION            |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
| FULL MASTER FOR item name IN | An attempt has been made to  | Consult with your data base  |
| MASTER set name              | add a detail data entry with | administrator.               |
|                              | a search item value that     |                              |
|                              | does not match any existing  |                              |
|                              | search item value in the     |                              |
|                              | corresponding automatic      |                              |
|                              | master set name and a new    |                              |
|                              | master entry cannot be       |                              |
|                              | created because the          |                              |
|                              | automatic master data set is |                              |
|                              | full.  Item name is the      |                              |
|                              | detail data set search item  |                              |
|                              | name.                        |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| FWRITEDIR FAILURE x, y       | The MPE intrinsic FOPEN      | Notify your data base        |
|                              | failed.  (IMAGE error -5).   | administrator.               |
|                              | x is the data set number, y  |                              |
|                              | is the file system error     |                              |
|                              | number.                      |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| FWRITELABEL FAILURE x, y     | The MPE intrinsic FOPEN      | Notify your data base        |
|                              | failed.  (IMAGE error -6).   | administrator.               |
|                              | x is the data set number, y  |                              |
|                              | is the file system error     |                              |
|                              | number.                      |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| HEADERS OVERFLOW A PAGE      | The header statements print  | Revise the header statements |
|                              | more header lines of         | and re-enter the command.    |
|                              | information (counting line   |                              |
|                              | skipping) than can fit on    |                              |
|                              | one output page.             |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ILLEGAL ACCESS               | You do not have write access | Refer to Section 1 for a     |
|                              | to the data base because     | description of access modes  |
|                              | your access mode does not    | and capabilities associated  |
|                              | allow it.                    | with each.                   |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ILLEGAL ASCENDING/DESCENDING | An ASC or DES sort parameter | Revise the sort statement    |
| CODE                         | is missing or incorrectly    | and re-enter it.             |
|                              | spelled.                     |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
|           MESSAGE            |           MEANING            |            ACTION            |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
| ILLEGAL DATA ITEM NAME item  | The data item named item     | Use the MULTIDB command to   |
| name                         | name does not belong to the  | open the correct data base,  |
|                              | data base currently being    | or change your password with |
|                              | accessed, is not accessible  | the PASSWORD= command, or    |
|                              | to you based upon your       | use the FORM command to      |
|                              | password, or is not a member | determine the correct data   |
|                              | of the data set specified in | item.                        |
|                              | the fully-qualified data     |                              |
|                              | item name.                   |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ILLEGAL DATA SET NAME set    | The data set called set name | Re-enter the command with a  |
| name                         | does not belong to the data  | valid data set name (use the |
|                              | base currently being         | FORM command to determine    |
|                              | accessed or you cannot       | the valid set names) or      |
|                              | access the data set based on | change your password with    |
|                              | your password.               | the PASSWORD= command.       |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ILLEGAL DATA TYPE            | The data type specified in a | Revise the register          |
|                              | register statement is        | statement and re-enter it.   |
|                              | defined as U or X or a       |                              |
|                              | register number is outside   |                              |
|                              | the range 0-29.              |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ILLEGAL DUMMY DATA SET NAME  | A dummy data set name cannot | Correct the command and      |
|                              | be longer than 16            | re-enter it.                 |
|                              | characters, and the first    |                              |
|                              | character must be            |                              |
|                              | alphabetic.                  |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ILLEGAL ITEM LENGTH x, FOR   | The referenced data item is  | Refer to Section 1 for a     |
| ITEM item name               | not the proper size and type | discussion of data types     |
|                              | to be processed by QUERY.    | supported by QUERY.          |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ILLEGAL ITEM LENGTH x, ITEM  | The data item being          | Refer to Section 1 for a     |
| item name IGNORED            | referenced is not the proper | discussion of data types     |
|                              | size and type to be          | supported by QUERY.          |
|                              | processed by QUERY. If the   |                              |
|                              | data item is a search or     |                              |
|                              | sort item, the command       |                              |
|                              | terminates.  x is the data   |                              |
|                              | item type.                   |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ILLEGAL ITEM LENGTH x FOR    | Data item referenced is of a | Refer to Section 1 for a     |
| SEARCH KEY item name         | type not supported by QUERY. | discussion of data types     |
|                              |                              | supported by QUERY.          |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
|           MESSAGE            |           MEANING            |            ACTION            |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
| ILLEGAL NAME                 | ALTER, CREATE, DESTROY,      | Refer to the CREATE command  |
|                              | DISPLAY, RENAME: The         | for naming rules or use      |
|                              | referenced procedure name    | DISPLAY LIST to determine    |
|                              | exceeds eight characters,    | the correct procedure name.  |
|                              | contains illegal characters, | Re-enter command with        |
|                              | or consists of a reserved    | correct name.                |
|                              | word.                        |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
|                              | DATA-BASE=:  Data base name  | Re-enter the command with    |
|                              | referenced contains an       | the correct name.            |
|                              | illegal character or more    |                              |
|                              | than 24 characters.          |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
|                              | OUTPUT=:  Name following     | Re-enter command.            |
|                              | OUTPUT= is not LP or TERM.   |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
|                              | PROC-FILE=:  Proc-file name  | Re-enter command with valid  |
|                              | contains an illegal          | name.                        |
|                              | character.                   |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
|                              | REPORT: Procedure name       | Re-enter command with        |
|                              | exceeds eight characters or  | correct name.                |
|                              | does not start with an       |                              |
|                              | alphabetic character.        |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
|                              | XEQ: XEQ file name begins    | Refer to the MPE Commands    |
|                              | with a non-alphabetic        | Reference Manual for valid   |
|                              | character or is too long.    | file names.                  |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ILLEGAL PROCEDURE NAME       | The specified procedure name | Re-enter procedure name      |
|                              | contains non-alphanumeric    | without non-alphanumeric     |
|                              | characters.                  | characters.                  |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ILLEGAL REGISTER OPERATOR    | The operator specified is    | Refer to the Register        |
|                              | not one of the valid         | Statement under the REPORT   |
|                              | register operators.          | command for valid operators. |
|                              |                              | Revise the statement.        |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ILLEGAL SELECTION CRITERIA   | The retrieval command        | Refer to Section 3 for the   |
|                              | contains invalid selection   | correct syntax of the        |
|                              | criteria.  The syntax may be | command.  Re-enter the       |
|                              | incorrect.                   | command with a legal         |
|                              |                              | selection criteria.          |
|                              |                              |                              |
| ILLEGAL UPDATE TYPE          | The character string         | Correct the command and      |
|                              | following UPDATE is not ADD, | re-enter it.                 |
|                              | REPLACE, or DELETE.          |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
|           MESSAGE            |           MEANING            |            ACTION            |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
| INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN OPTION | The statement contains an    | Revise the statement and     |
| AND EDIT STATEMENTS          | edit statement label not     | re-enter command.            |
|                              | used to define an edit       |                              |
|                              | statement.                   |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| IN ORDER TO SAVE A COMPOUND  | The select file may not be   | None                         |
| SELECT FILE, THE NUMBER OF   | saved since there are too    |                              |
| DATA ITEMS THE COMPOUND      | many data items in the       |                              |
| ENTRY POSSESSES MUST BE LESS | compound entry.              |                              |
| THAN 511.                    |                              |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| INPUT ERROR                  | ALTER: No line number in an  | Re-enter the statement       |
|                              | insert, delete, or replace   | correctly.                   |
|                              | statement (for example, /R,  |                              |
|                              | ).                           |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
|                              | Beginning line number        |                              |
|                              | greater than ending          |                              |
|                              | statement number (for        |                              |
|                              | example, /R,5,3 ).           |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
|                              | Beginning line number        |                              |
|                              | referenced in statement less |                              |
|                              | than ending line number of   |                              |
|                              | previous statement (for      |                              |
|                              | example, /R,2,4/D,3 )        |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
|                              | Alter statement does not     |                              |
|                              | start with /I,/R,/D, or /E.  |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
|                              | Illegal character entered.   |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
|                              | /R or /I entered with no     |                              |
|                              | additional lines (for        |                              |
|                              | example, /R,4/D,6 ).         |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
|                              | CREATE: Input line contains  | Shorten line if possible and |
|                              | an illegal character or      | re-enter it.                 |
|                              | input line exceeds 250       |                              |
|                              | characters.                  |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
|                              | DISPLAY: The beginning line  | Re-enter the command.        |
|                              | number is less than 1 (for   |                              |
|                              | example, DISPLAY FINDACT,    |                              |
|                              | 0,3).                        |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
|                              | The beginning line number is |                              |
|                              | greater than the ending line |                              |
|                              | number (for example, DISPLAY |                              |
|                              | FINDACT, 4,2 )               |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|           MESSAGE            |           MEANING            |            ACTION            |
|                              |                              |                              |
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|                              |                              |                              |
| INPUT TOO LONG               | ALTER: Combined length of    | Shorten the statement and    |
|                              | continued lines (connected   | re-enter the command.        |
|                              | by &) exceeds 250            |                              |
|                              | characters.                  |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
|                              | GENERAL: Command exceeds 698 | Re-enter the command with    |
|                              | characters.                  | fewer characters if          |
|                              |                              | possible.                    |
|                              |                              |                              |
|                              | FIND, MULTIFIND, SUBSET,     | Re-enter the command.        |
|                              | UPDATE: Data item value is   |                              |
|                              | longer than the maximum      |                              |
|                              | length for the data item.    |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| INSUFFICIENT VIRTUAL MEMORY  | QUERY cannot obtain          | Try again later.             |
|                              | necessary system disc space  |                              |
|                              | to create the tables and     |                              |
|                              | work space required to       |                              |
|                              | access the data base.        |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| INTERNAL QUERY NLS PROBLEM   | While initializing           | Contact your HP support      |
|                              | language-dependent           | representative.              |
|                              | information, the NLS         |                              |
|                              | subsystem encountered an     |                              |
|                              | error from which it could    |                              |
|                              | not recover.                 |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| INVALID COMMAND              | QUERY does not recognize the | Refer to the command         |
|                              | command or OUTPUT=LP has     | description for the proper   |
|                              | been entered twice without   | format and re-enter the      |
|                              | an intervening OUTPUT= TERM. | command.                     |
|                              | The command is ignored the   |                              |
|                              | second time it is entered.   |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| INVALID CHARACTERS AFTER     | The D subcommand can only be | Enter a valid editing        |
| DELETE COMMAND               | followed by other D's or by  | subcommand.                  |
|                              | the insert (I) subcommand.   |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
| INVALID CHARACTERS AFTER     | A subcommand of the REDO     | Refer to the REDO command in |
| EDIT COMMAND                 | command is followed by       | Section 3 for information on |
|                              | invalid characters.          | the editing subcommands.     |
|                              |                              |                              |
| INVALID CONNECTOR OR         | QUERY expected a logical     | Correct the command and      |
| TERMINATOR xxxx              | connector (AND or OR) or     | re-enter it.                 |
|                              | END. xxxx is the offending   |                              |
|                              | character string appearing   |                              |
|                              | in place of the expected     |                              |
|                              | string.                      |                              |
|                              |                              |                              |
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