Explanation of Error Codes

The ErrorCode portion of an error message is made up as follows:

• subproduct - three characters indicating the subproduct that found the error. Possible values for subproduct are:

  COB	COBOL Compiler
  IDE	Integrated Development Environment
  SQL	SQL preprocessor

• function - two characters indicating the function that subproduct was performing when the error was found. function can be one of the following:

  AN	Debugging
  CH	Syntax checking
  CM	Compiling
  CP	Command processing
  DM	Dialog Manager
  EF	File handling
  ID	Interface handling
  IS	Installation
  LK	Linking
  OP	Optimization
  PR	Integrated preprocessor
  RT	Run-time emulation
  SQ	SQL pre-processing
  ST	Sorting
  YS	Internal system errors
  UT	Miscellaneous utility operations

• message-no - the number of the error.
• sev - one character indicating the severity of the error. This varies depending on the type of error.

Related Topics:

• Key to Syntax Checking Error Messages
• Key to Code Generation Error Messages
• Key to Run-time System Error Messages