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Messages 0100 to 0199

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SORT100E Missing operator
An operator was expected but was not found. An operator identifies the type of operation to be performed, SORT or MERGE.
SORT101E Malformed operator
SORT102E Expected operand missing
SORT103E Invalid operator operator
You have specified an unexpected operator in a command file.
SORT104E Invalid operand keyword keyword
You have specified unexpected syntax in the middle of an instruction.
SORT105E Expected continuation not present
The sort instruction is not complete and is not continued on the next line.
SORT106E Field formats improperly specified
You specified an invalid data type in the FIELDS instruction.
SORT107E Field format field-format invalid
You specified invalid data in the FIELDS instruction.
SORT108E Sequence sequence invalid
You specified an invalid sort order in FIELDS instruction..
SORT109E Too many fields specified
You specified too many fields. The maximum is 100.
SORT110E Non-numeric data detected
Non-numeric data was read where numeric data was expected.
SORT111E operator operator already processed
You have already specified this instruction or parameter to an instruction.
SORT112E exit exit not supported
You tried to use a user exit that is not supported.
SORT114E Expected '(' not found
You specified an instruction that takes multiple parameters inside parentheses, but the opening parenthesis was not found.
SORT115E Boolean operator operator invalid
The combination of format and bit operator is invalid.
SORT118E SORT / MERGE conflict
You have specified both SORT and MERGE.
SORT119E INCLUDE / OMIT conflict
You have specified both INCLUDE and OMIT.
SORT120E SORT statement missing FIELDS operand
You have omitted the FIELDS instruction.
SORT121E MERGE statement missing FIELDS operand
You have omitted the FIELDS instruction.
SORT122E INCLUDE statement missing COND operand
You have omitted the COND parameter from the INCLUDE instruction.
SORT123E OMIT statement missing COND operand
You have omitted the COND parameter from the INCLUDE instruction.
SORT124E FIELD position field-position invalid
The starting position of the field is greater than the record length.
SORT125E FIELD length field-length invalid
The field length is invalid in the FIELDS instruction.
SORT126E RECORD length record-length invalid
SORT127E Missing SORT/MERGE/COPY command statement
You have not specified a SORT or a MERGE or a COPY instruction.
SORT128E Expected ')' not found
You specified an instruction that takes multiple parameters inside parentheses, but the closing parenthesis was not found.
SORT129E Expected '=' not found
You specified an instruction that takes multiple parameters specified using keyword=value pairs. No = sign was found.
SORT130E Expected 'F' OR 'V' not found
The format parameter in the RECORDS instruction was not followed by F (for fixed) or V(for variable).
SORT131E Expected 'IX', 'RL', 'SQ', or 'LS' not found
You have specified an ORG instruction for the USE or GIVE instruction but have not specified one of the above options.
SORT132E Prime key must be specified first
The primary key was not specified first in the KEY instruction.
SORT133E Expected 'P', 'AD', 'A', or 'C' not found
You have specified a KEY instruction for an indexed file in the GIVE instruction but have not specified one of the above options.
SORT134E Keyword/value value invalid for DFSORT emulation
You have specififed a keyword=value pair that is invalid in mfsort's emulation of DFSORT.
SORT135E Keyword/value value invalid for SYNCSORT emulation
You have specififed a keyword=value pair that is invalid in mfsort's emulation of SYNCSORT.
SORT136E No GIVE file specified for OUTFIL group
You have not specified a GIVE file for the OUTFIL option.
SORT137E No USE file specified
You have not specified a USE file.
SORT138E Target literal literal too long in CHANGE
The target literal for the parameter CHANGE is too long.
SORT139E Substring comparison must be with character literal
In the substring comparison of an INCLUD or OMIT condition, you have not specified a character literal for the right-hand side of the comparison.
SORT140E Invalid binary digit detected
SORT141E Cannot specify SAVE with either INCLUDE or OMIT
In an OUTFIL group, you have specified SAVE with both INCLUDE and OMIT.
SORT142E Repeated FILE= or FNAMES=
SORT191I Operator operator ignored
You have specified syntax that is not supported.
SORT192I Operand operand ignored
You have specified syntax that is not supported.
SORT193E Invalid hex digit detected
SORT194 I No ALTSEQ command specified for 'AQ' SORT field formats; 'CH' assumed
SORT196E SUM / COPY conflict
You have specified SUM together with the COPY option.
SORT197E INREC / MERGE conflict
SORT198E Non-numeric data detected in 'ZD' SUM field
SORT199E Too many OUTFIL statements

Parent topic: Mfsort Error Messages