FastSort Manual

Using FastSort System Procedures

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SORTERROR Procedure

Use SORTERROR to provide the message text for the last FastSort error code

returned by a FastSort procedure.

length returned value

INT

returns the number of characters in the error message.

ctlblock input

INT:ref:200

is the same global storage array you name in the call to SORTMERGESTART. You

should not rely on the information in ctlblock, because this information can

change without warning.

buffer output

INT:ref:32

is a 32-word integer array that receives the FastSort error code message text.

SORTPROG does not pad the text with blanks if the buffer is shorter than 32

words. Any bytes to the right of the text remain unchanged.

Example

textlen := SORTERROR (sortblock,

outbuf);

SORTERRORDETAIL Procedure

Use SORTERRORDETAIL to obtain the file-system or NEWPROCESS error code and

the FastSort error code for the most recent error. If an input file caused the error,

SORTERRORDETAIL also uses an index to identify the file in the array of file names

created by the in-file-name parameter of the SORTMERGESTART procedure.

status returned value

INT(32)

{ length := } SORTERROR ( ctlblock ! i

{ CALL } , buffer ) ! o

{ status := } SORTERRORDETAIL ( ctlblock ) ! i

{ CALL }