In this post, you’ll learn about the COBOL runtime Error Code 218 and the reason why you are receiving it COBOL Error Code : 218 Reason for this Error in COBOL Malformed MULTIPLE REEL/UNIT file (Fatal) -Either your file header is not correctly formatted, or you are not using a MULTIPLE REEL/UNIT file. -You should try to run your program again using a backup copy…

In this post, you’ll learn about the COBOL related Error Code RT138 and the reason why you are receiving it COBOL Error Code : RT138 Reason for this Error in COBOL File closed with lock – cannot be opened.

In this post, you’ll learn about the COBOL runtime Error Code 209 and the reason why you are receiving it COBOL Error Code : 209 Reason for this Error in COBOL Network communication error (Recoverable) -This is normally given if an incorrect checksum has been received in a communications packet. -Your program should continue to execute after you have received this error but results might…

In this post, you’ll learn about the COBOL runtime Error Code 066 and the reason why you are receiving it COBOL Error Code : 066 Reason for this Error in COBOL Attempt to add duplicate record key to indexed file (Fatal) -You have tried to add a duplicate key for a key which you have not defined as being able to have duplicates. -As this…

In this post, you’ll learn about the COBOL runtime Error Code 222 and the reason why you are receiving it COBOL Error Code : 222 Reason for this Error in COBOL SORT/MERGE error: see status keys (Fatal) -You have tried a SORT/MERGE operation which has been unsuccessful for some reason. You might have had too many files open when you tried a SORT/MERGE operation, or…

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…

In this post, you’ll learn about the COBOL runtime Error Code 044 and the reason why you are receiving it COBOL Error Code : 044 Reason for this Error in COBOL Attempt to OPEN an NLS file in a non-NLS program (Fatal) -The logical filename is preceded by “%NLS%”, but the program which OPENS the file has been compiled without the NLS directive set: the…

In this post, you’ll learn about the COBOL runtime Error Code 039 and the reason why you are receiving it COBOL Error Code : 039 Reason for this Error in COBOL File not compatible (Fatal) -You have tried to access a file that is not compatible with the structure of files under the current release of your software. This could be because the file was…

In this post, you’ll learn about the COBOL runtime Error Code 082 and the reason why you are receiving it COBOL Error Code : 082 Reason for this Error in COBOL CALL convention not supported (Fatal) -The CALL convention you have specified is not supported. -See your object COBOL User Guide for a list of supported CALL conventions.

In this post, you’ll learn about the COBOL runtime Error Code 100 and the reason why you are receiving it COBOL Error Code : 100 Reason for this Error in COBOL Invalid file operation (Fatal) -You have tried a file operation which violates a general rule of COBOL in some way. The most likely cause of this error is that you have tried a rewrite…

In this post, you’ll learn about the COBOL runtime Error Code 208 and the reason why you are receiving it COBOL Error Code : 208 Reason for this Error in COBOL Error in multi-user system (Fatal) -This is normally caused by an unexpected error occurring in the network or file-sharing facilities. A corrupted network message also causes this error to be returned. -Retry the unsuccessful…

In this post, you’ll learn about the COBOL related Error Code RT069 and the reason why you are receiving it COBOL Error Code : RT069 Reason for this Error in COBOL Illegal argument to ISAM module.