The SQL Option DSNTIAR facility, or DSNTIAC for CICS programs, converts an SQL return code into a character string error message (similar to the IBM DSNTIAR and DSNTIAC facility on the mainframe). It takes an SQL return code from the SQLCODE element of comm-area (usually, SQLCA), and converts it to a descriptive character string. The resulting string is placed in the output area error-message, which is an array. The first element of error-message indicates the length of the message to follow. The second element is the actual message, which is usually defined as a string of the logical record length, error-rec-length, occurring n times. If at run time, the length of the message to be output is larger than one logical record (error-rec-length), and the message is treated as a set of fixed length records of length error-rec-length. The message is word wrapped and indented based on the logical record length. Every logical record begins with a space for carriage control.