HP Search/XL User's Guide

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6 Error Messages and Their Causes

This section lists error messages that you may encounter while using HP Search, along with the most

likely reason that the message will be issued.

NLS is not installed. (SRCHERR 10)

CAUSE: Youspecified a pattern thathas "special" characters, andNLS must be configured on your

system to process them.

ACTION: Either configure NLS on your system or don't include the following characters in your pat-

terns: ( ) [ ] | - + * # @ ? or \.

Speciﬁed language is not conﬁgured. (SRCHERR 20)

CAUSE: The language HP Search is using to process your pattern has not been configured on your

system.

ACTION: ThisisaninternalHPSearcherror. PleasecontactHPsupport;investigationisrequired.

Until this is resolved, do not include the following characters in your patterns:

( ) [ ] | - + * # @ ? or \.

Indirect ﬁle FILENAME does not exist. (SRCHERR 30)

CAUSE: The indirect file "FILENAME" which was specified as"^FILENAME" does not exist in ei-

ther the temporary or permanent file domains.

ACTION: Check your file directory for the correct name of the desired file.

Missing ) or ] operator in pattern "PATTERN." (SRCHERR 40)

CAUSE: The pattern you specified in invalid. It contains either a ( or [ without the corresponding

matching delimiter.

ACTION: If you do not want the ( or [ to have special meaning, precede them with a backslash. If

you do want the special meaning, the pattern must have a closing delimiter.

Expected alphabetic characters in pattern "PATTERN." (SRCHERR 50)

CAUSE: The pattern you specified does not have an alphabetic character where one is expected.

ACTION: Inspect your pattern to make sure it is correct. If it is, please contact HP support; inves-

tigation is required.

Pattern speciﬁed is incomplete, "PATTERN." (SRCHERR 60)

CAUSE: Usually this is caused by the "*" or "+" characters in your pattern not being preceded by a

valid repeatable character. For example, "a**" is invalid.

ACTION: Inspect your pattern to make sure it is correct. If it is, please contact HP support; inves-

tigation is required.

Invalid range operation speciﬁed in pattern "PATTERN." (SRCHERR 70)

CAUSE: The range you have specified with the hyphen (-) is not between a valid pair. The first

character must be lower than the second. For example, "a-z" is valid but "z-a" is not.