COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs

Compiler Diagnostic Messages
HP COBOL Manual for TNS and TNS/R Programs—522555-006
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Message List
348 (Error)
Cause. One of:
•
The longest possible record of a USING file exceeds the record capacity of the
sort-merge file.
•
The longest possible record of the sort-merge file exceeds the record capacity of a
GIVING file.
349 (Error)
Cause. A MERGE, SORT, or START statement specifies a file name described with
random access.
350 (Error)
Cause. A SORT or MERGE statement specifies conflicting files. xxxx is one of these
phrases:
351 (Error)
Cause. The KEY phrase applies to a file whose access is not sequential.
Record size incompatible with sort-merge file description
Random access not permitted
File set conflict from xxxx
Phrase Meaning
duplicate file names The same file name appears more than once in a MERGE
statement.
SAME AREA clause Two or more file names specified in one SAME AREA
clause appear in a MERGE statement or in the GIVING
phrase of a SORT statement.
SAME RECORD clause Two or more file names specified in one SAME RECORD
clause appear in the USING phrase of a MERGE
statement.
MULTIPLE FILE TAPE clause Two or more file names specified in one MULTIPLE FILE
TAPE clause appear in a MERGE statement or in the
GIVING phrase of a SORT statement.
KEY phrase not permitted for sequential access