In this post, you’ll learn about the COBOL runtime Error Code 196 and the reason why you are receiving it
COBOL Error Code :
196
Reason for this Error in COBOL
Record number too large in relative or indexed file (Fatal) -The relative record key has exceeded the system limit, that is, the file is too large for the system to handle. Alternately, the record key which you have specified is too large for the system to deal with successfully, or the pointer to the record has been corrupted in some way so that it is either too large or it is not a multiple of the record length.