COBCH0001 - COBCH0020

Lists the Syntax Checking error messages from COBCH0001 through COBCH0020.

COBCH0001 Undefined error. Inform Technical Support
Your program contains an error which the COBOL system has failed to recognize.
COBCH0002 Unexpected SQL error. Inform Technical Support
Your program contains an SQL error which the COBOL system has failed to recognize.
COBCH0003 Illegal format : Literal
The sequence of characters forming a literal in your source code does not conform to the rules governing the construction of such names. A literal can be either nonnumeric or numeric.
COBCH0004 Illegal character
Your program contains a character that is not part of the COBOL language set.
COBCH0005 User-name user-name not unique
You have given the same user-name without qualification to more than one data item or procedure-name in your source code.
COBCH0007 $ specified in indicator area of otherwise blank line
The indicator area, column 7, contains an illegal character.
COBCH0008 Unknown COPY file filename specified
A file with the name filename, specified in conjunction with a COPY statement, cannot be found.
COBCH0009 '.' missing
Your code does not contain a period in a place where one is expected by the rules of COBOL syntax.
COBCH0010 Word starts or is continued in wrong area of source line
The word starts either in area A when it should have started in area B, or in area B when it should have started in area A.
COBCH0011 Reserved word missing or incorrectly used
You have either used a reserved word in a place where a user defined word is expected or you have failed to use a reserved word where one is needed.
COBCH0012 Operand data-name is not declared
You are trying to use a data-name which you have not declared, or which you have misspelled.
COBCH0013 User-name required
You have not supplied a user-defined-name at the specified place in your program.
COBCH0014 Invalid operand
The operand you have specified is in some way incorrect, and cannot be processed by your COBOL system. For example, you might have specified a negative integer where only positive integers are allowed.
COBCH0015 Procedure Division too large
Your program's Procedure Division exceeds the maximum size allowed.
COBCH0016 Data space too large
Your program's Data Division exceeds the maximum size allowed.
COBCH0017 Incorrect use of reserved word word
COBCH0018 Preprocessor error on initialization
An integrated preprocessor invoked by the COBOL system detected an error during its initialization and was unable to continue.
COBCH0019 BASIS line number sequencing error
You have made an error in the sequence of line numbers in one of the statements that implement the BASIS mechanism. For example, the statement DELETE 100-60 is incorrect. (BASIS requires numeric sequence values.)
COBCH0020 Numeric literal expected
You must specify a numeric literal in this context.

Parent topic: Messages COBCH0001 to COBCH0100