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Action
Response 41
Origin
■ The terminating period was missing;
■ The first position contains a period, this only applies to N1 or N2 commands;
■ Length and/or format specified with a range definition;
■ An invalid element was detected;
■ A field segment notation was not correct: it must be specified either as
(byte-number,length) or as (byte-number,length,length-2), where byte-number
must be either "*" or a decimal number, and length and length-2 are decimal numbers.
These numbers must be less than 2,147,483,648;
■ A field segment notation was specified for a range of MU fields or for a range of fields
within a periodic group.
On open systems, the following information is returned in the Additions 2 field of the control
block:
■ The leftmost two bytes contain the number of the byte (in binary format) relative to the
beginning of the format buffer where the error was detected.
■ The rightmost two bytes contain the name of the field being processed when the error was
detected.
Correct the format buffer.
Mainframe and open systems
Explanation The meaning of this response code varies, depending on whether you are using Adabas on
mainframe systems or Adabas on open systems.
Mainframe Systems
One or more specification errors exist in the format buffer. When possible, the short name of
the field for which the error occurred is stored at offset 2 of the ACB's Additions 2 field or in
the ACBX's Error Character Field (ACBXERRB).
The following specification errors may have been made:
Note: A collation descriptor (COLDE) can only be specified in the format buffer of the L9
command and only when the decode option has been specified in the user exit. The value
returned is not the index value but the original field value.
Subcode Meaning
1
2
3
4
5
Spacing element nX with n=0 or n>255 not allowed.
An invalid sequence of format buffer elements was specified.
Miscellaneous types of specification errors were found in the format buffer.
A field name was undefined or not elementary.
Format without fields.
Adabas Transaction Manager Messages and Codes
Adabas Response Codes
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