Appendix B. Status Key Return Codes - IBM 5280 Programmer's Manual

Appendix B. Status Key Return Codes
Table 1 summarizes the possible codes that can appear in the Status Key. The
exact meanings differ according to the file organization (sequential,
transaction, relative, or indexed) and the type of I/0 verb executed (OPEN,
READ, WRITE, etc.). See Tables 1 through 7 for the meanings according to
file organization and I/O verb issued.
Table 1: Summary of Status Key Information
First Character Second Character
of Status Key Meaning of Status Key Meaning
0 Successful Completion 0 No further information
I At End (no next logical 0 No further information
record)
2 Invalid Key 0
No further information
I Sequence error
2 Duplicate key; duplicate
keys not allowed
3
No record found
4 Boundary violation (indexed
or relative file)
3 Permanent error (data 0 No further information
check, parity check,
4
Boundary violation
transmission error) (sequential file)
9 Other Errors
0
No further space (indexed
file)
2 Logic error
3 Resource not available
4 No current record pointer
for sequential request
5 Invalid or incomplete file
information
7 Data set shutdown (indexed
file)
Appendix B. Status Key Return Codes
B- I