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Appendix B HPMERGE Intrinsic Status Returns

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The following table lists the error number, message, cause, and user corrective action for status returns for all HPMERGE intrinsics. MERGE/XL's subsystem ID is 196.

-3

MESSAGE: No inputfiles parameter was specified.
CAUSE: You did not specify the inputfiles parameter in the HPMERGEINIT intrinsic.
ACTION: Specify the inputfiles parameter.

-4

MESSAGE: Neither an outputfiles nor a postprocessor parameter was specified.
CAUSE: You did not specify the outputfiles parameter in the HPMERGEINIT intrinsic.
ACTION: Specify the outputfiles parameter.

-5

MESSAGE: If you specify the keycompare parameter, you must not specify the keys and numkeys parameters.
CAUSE: You specified both the keycompare parameter, and the keys and numkeys parameters in the HPMERGEINIT intrinsic.
ACTION: Specify the keycompare parameter or the keys and numkeys parameters.

-6

MESSAGE: If you do not specify the keycompare parameter, you must specify the keys and numkeys parameters.
CAUSE: You did not specify the keys and numkeys parameters in the HPMERGEINIT intrinsic.
ACTION: Specify the keys and numkeys parameters.

-7

MESSAGE: Illegal numkeys parameter.
CAUSE: The numkeys parameter does not specify the same number of keys that are described in the the numkeys parameter in HPMERGEINIT.
ACTION: Make the numkeys and keys parameters pertain to the same number of keys.

-8

MESSAGE: The key field is not within the record length of each file.
CAUSE: One or more files have shorter record lengths and at least one key field extends outside of the file's record length.
ACTION: Make sure your files are of the correct length and that your key field in within range of the records.

-9

MESSAGE: Illegal ascending/descending code.
CAUSE: The fourth element of the keys array parameter is not 1 or 0.
ACTION: Set the fourth element of the keys array parameter to 0 for ascending or 1 for descending order.

-10

MESSAGE: Illegal key code.
CAUSE: The 3rd element in the keys array parameter in HPMERGEINIT is less than 0 or greater than 13.
ACTION: Set the 3rd element in the keys array parameter to a value that is from 0-13 inclusive.

-11

MESSAGE: Failure on FGETINFO (inputfile).
CAUSE: CCL was returned from the FGETINFO intrinsic called from SORT/XL.
ACTION: Make sure that the input file number hasn't been corrupted. Also refer to the MPE XL Intrinsics Reference Manual.

-12

MESSAGE: FREAD error on the input file.
CAUSE: CCL was returned from the FREAD intrinsic called from SORT/XL.
ACTION: Make sure that the input file number hasn't been corrupted. Also refer to the MPE XL Intrinsics Reference Manual.

-13

MESSAGE: FWRITE error on the output file.
CAUSE: CCL was returned from the FWRITE intrinsic called from SORT/XL.
ACTION: Make sure that the output file number hasn't been corrupted. Also refer to the MPE XL Intrinsics Reference Manual.

-14

MESSAGE: The input record does not include all key fields.
CAUSE: You are using variable length records that contain records that not long enough to contain the key fields.
ACTION: Set the key field in the keys parameter to be contained in the shortest record length or make sure that your shortest record is long enough to contain all your keys.

-15

MESSAGE: If you specify the keycompare parameter, you must not specify the keysonly parameter.
CAUSE: You specified the keycompare parameter and the keys and numkeys parameters in the HPMERGEINIT intrinsic.
ACTION: Specify either the keycompare parameter or the keys and numkeys parameters in HPMERGEINIT.

-16

MESSAGE: Insufficient stack space.
CAUSE: File was opened with NOBUFF and MULTI options. The stack was used for blocking/deblocking the file and has insufficient space.
ACTION: Open your files with the BUFF and NOMULTI options.

-17

MESSAGE: Insufficient stack space for the specified allocation.
CAUSE: The amount of space that you specified in the memsize parameter does not allow enough room to perform the merging operation.
ACTION: Increase the value of the memsize parameter or do not specify the memsize parameter and let MERGE/XL use as much stack space as it needs.

-18

MESSAGE: Failure on FGETINFO (outputfile).
CAUSE: CCL returned from the FGETINFO intrinsic called from MERGE/XL.
ACTION: Make sure the output file number has not been corrupted. Also refer to the MPE XL Intrinsics Reference Manual.

-19

MESSAGE: $NULL is not a valid input file.
CAUSE: You specified $NULL as an input file.
ACTION: Change the file specification to another file.

-21

MESSAGE: Sort language is not supported.
CAUSE: The language specified in the second element of the charseq parameter array in HPMERGEINIT is not supported on your system.
ACTION: Check valid language IDs by running NLUTIL. Set the second element of the charseq parameter array to a valid language ID.

-22

MESSAGE: NLINFO error obtaining the length of the collating sequence table.
CAUSE: Native Language (NL) not installed or internal NL error.
ACTION: Contact your system manager or your Hewlett-Packard representative.

-23

MESSAGE: NLINFO error loading the collating sequence.
CAUSE: Native Language (NL) not installed or internal NL error.
ACTION: Contact your system manager or your Hewlett-Packard representative.

-24

MESSAGE: Invalid charseq parameter.
CAUSE: The first element of the charseq parameter array is a value other than one.
ACTION: Set the first element in the charseq array to one.

-25

MESSAGE: The two-byte collating sequence table is not specified.
CAUSE: Two-byte collating sequence table was not specified in the charseq parameter although a two-byte key was specified in the keys parameter.
ACTION: Specify a two-byte sequence in both the charseq and keys parameters.

-26

MESSAGE: Failure on FGETINFO (two-byte collating sequence table).
CAUSE: CCL returned from the FGETINFO intrinsic called from MERGE/XL.
ACTION: Make sure the file number in charseq is not corrupted. Also refer to the MPE XL Intrinsics Reference Manual.

-27

MESSAGE: FREAD error on the two-byte collating sequence table.
CAUSE: CCL returned from the FREAD intrinsic called from MERGE/XL.
ACTION: Make sure the file number in charseq is not corrupted. Also refer to the MPE XL Intrinsics Reference Manual.

-28

MESSAGE: The file is not a valid two-byte collating sequence table.
CAUSE: Error returned from NLINFO intrinsic called from MERGE/XL.
ACTION: Check the file type. Also refer to the MPE XL Intrinsics Reference Manual.

-29

MESSAGE: Two-byte xxxx undefined in the collating sequence table; the largest number is assigned.
CAUSE: The two-byte value, xxxx, is undefined.
ACTION: Change xxxx to the correct value.

-30

MESSAGE: The length of the two-byte key must be an even number.
CAUSE: The second element of the keys array parameter must be an even number if a two-byte collating sequence is specified.
ACTION: Set the second element of the keys array to an even number.

-31

MESSAGE: The file type is not a valid two-byte collating sequence table.
CAUSE: The file containing the two-byte sequence has been corrupted or Native Language (NL) not installed or internal NL error.
ACTION: Contact your system manager or your Hewlett-Packard representative.

-40

MESSAGE: PRINT intrinsic failed in HPMERGETITLE.
CAUSE: You redirected output from HPMERGETITLE to a file that is too small; HPMERGETITLE requires two records in which to output information.
ACTION: Allow room for at lease two records when you redirect output from HPMERGETITLE to a file.

-41

MESSAGE: PRINT intrinsic failed in HPMERGESTAT.
CAUSE: You redirected output from HPMERGESTAT to a file that is too small; HPMERGESTAT requires ten records in which to output information.
ACTION: Allow room for at least ten records when you redirect output from HPMERGESTAT to a file.

-109

MESSAGE: Illegal numkeys parameter.
CAUSE: You specified the numkeys parameter in HPMERGEINIT to not correlate to the number of keys in the keys parameter.
ACTION: Set the numkeys parameter to correspond to the number of keys that you specified in the keys parameter.

-250

MESSAGE: PROBE failure on the status parameter of the HPMERGEINIT intrinsic.
CAUSE: The address specified in the status parameter is not within the allowable address range.
ACTION: Check the value of the status parameter.

-251

MESSAGE: PROBE failure on the inputfiles parameter of the HPMERGEINIT intrinsic.
CAUSE: The address specified in the inputfiles parameter is not within the allowable address range.
ACTION: Check the value of the inputfiles parameter.

-252

MESSAGE: PROBE failure on the outputfiles parameter of the HPMERGEINIT intrinsic.
CAUSE: The address specified in the outputfiles parameter is not within the allowable address range.
ACTION: Check the value of the outputfiles parameter.

-253

MESSAGE: PROBE failure on the keys parameter of the HPMERGEINIT intrinsic.
CAUSE: The address specified in the keys parameter is not within the allowable address range.
ACTION: Check the value of the keys parameter.

-254

MESSAGE: PROBE failure on the altseq parameter of the HPMERGEINIT intrinsic.
CAUSE: The address specified in the altseq parameter is not within the allowable address range.
ACTION: Check the value of the altseq parameter.

-255

MESSAGE: PROBE failure on the statistics parameter of the HPMERGEINIT intrinsic.
CAUSE: The address specified in the statistics parameter is not within the allowable address range.
ACTION: Check the value of the statistics parameter.

-256

MESSAGE: PROBE failure on the charseq parameter of the HPMERGEINIT intrinsic.
CAUSE: The address specified in the charseq parameter is not within the allowable address range.
ACTION: Check the value of the charseq parameter.

-260

MESSAGE: PROBE failure on the status parameter of the HPMERGEOUTPUT intrinsic.
CAUSE: The address specified in the status parameter is not within the allowable address range.
ACTION: Check the value of the status parameter.

-261

MESSAGE: PROBE failure on the buffer parameter of the HPMERGEOUTPUT intrinsic.
CAUSE: The address specified in the buffer parameter is not within the allowable address range.
ACTION: Check the value of the buffer parameter.

-262

MESSAGE: PROBE failure on the length parameter of the HPMERGEOUTPUT intrinsic.
CAUSE: The address specified in the length parameter is not within the allowable address range.
ACTION: Check the value of the length parameter.

-263

MESSAGE: PROBE failure on the status parameter of the HPMERGEEND intrinsic.
CAUSE: The address specified in the status parameter is not within the allowable address range.
ACTION: Check the value of the status parameter.

-264

MESSAGE: PROBE failure on the statistics parameter of the HPMERGEEND intrinsic.
CAUSE: The address specified in the statistics parameter is not within the allowable address range.
ACTION: Check the value of the statistics parameter.

-265

MESSAGE: PROBE failure on the status parameter of the HPMERGEERRORMESS intrinsic.
CAUSE: The address specified in the status parameter is not within the allowable address range.
ACTION: Check the value of the status parameter.

-266

MESSAGE: PROBE failure on the message parameter of the HPMERGEERRORMESS intrinsic.
CAUSE: The address specified in the message parameter is not within the allowable address range.
ACTION: Check the value of the message parameter.

-267

MESSAGE: PROBE failure on the length parameter of the HPMERGEERRORMESS intrinsic.
CAUSE: The address specified in the length parameter is not within the allowable address range.
ACTION: Check the value of the length parameter.

-268

MESSAGE: PROBE failure on the status parameter of the HPMERGESTAT intrinsic.
CAUSE: The address specified in the status parameter is not within the allowable address range.
ACTION: Check the value of the status parameter.

-269

MESSAGE: PROBE failure on the statistics parameter of the HPMERGESTAT intrinsic.
CAUSE: The address specified in the statistics parameter is not within the allowable address range.
ACTION: Check the value of the statistics parameter.

-270

MESSAGE: PROBE failure on the status parameter of the HPMERGETITLE intrinsic.
CAUSE: The address specified in the status parameter is not within the allowable address range.
ACTION: Check the value of the status parameter.

-993

MESSAGE: SWITCH_TO_CM failed on the MERGETITLE call.
CAUSE: Internal MERGE/XL error.
ACTION: Contact your Hewlett-Packard representative.

-994

MESSAGE: SWITCH_TO_CM failed on the MERGEERRORMESS call.
CAUSE: Internal MERGE/XL error.
ACTION: Contact your Hewlett-Packard representative.

-995

MESSAGE: SWITCH_TO_CM failed on the MERGEEND2 call.
CAUSE: Internal MERGE/XL error.
ACTION: Contact your Hewlett-Packard representative.

-996

MESSAGE: SWITCH_TO_CM failed on the MERGEEND1 call.
CAUSE: Internal MERGE/XL error.
ACTION: Contact your Hewlett-Packard representative.

-997

MESSAGE: SWITCH_TO_CM failed on the MERGEOUTPUT call.
CAUSE: Internal MERGE/XL error.
ACTION: Contact your Hewlett-Packard representative.

-998

MESSAGE: SWITCH_TO_CM failed on the MERGEGETHIDP call.
CAUSE: Internal MERGE/XL error.
ACTION: Contact your Hewlett-Packard representative.

-999

MESSAGE: SWITCH_TO_CM failed on the MERGEINIT call.
CAUSE: Internal MERGE/XL error.
ACTION: Contact your Hewlett-Packard representative.

-1000

MESSAGE: HPMERGEERRORMESS failed on the call to HPERRMSG.
CAUSE: You called the HPMERGEERRORMESS intrinsic even though there was no error.
ACTION: Only call HPMERGEERRORMESS if the status parameter from the previous intrinsic call does not equal zero.

Appendix A HPSORT Intrinsic Status Returns

Appendix C ASCII/EBCDIC Table

Appendix B HPMERGE Intrinsic Status Returns

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