When you misspell a command or try to run a query that is worded incorrectly, QMF presents a brief explanation of the error on the message line of the panel. If you need more information about the error, you can seek additional help by pressing the Help function key or by entering the HELP command on the command line. A panel will display a detailed explanation of the error and a suggestion on how to correct the error.
Type the command SHOW PRFILE in uppercase characters on the command line of the Home panel; you will see the error message:
You cannot show PRFILE.
To find out more, press the Help function key.
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Help: Message | | 1 to 8 of 22 You cannot show PRFILE. | | | | Explanation: | | You can show only the panels with these names: | | | | Home Globals Form.Options Form.Break3 | | Query CHARt Form.Final Form.Break4 | | FOrm Form.Main Form.Detail Form.Break5 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | F1=Help F3=Exit F4=More Help F6=Switch F7=Backward F8=Forward F9=Keys | | F12=Cancel | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
To scroll through the help panel, press the Forward function key. The help explains that the correct command is SHOW PROFILE.
If you want additional information, press the More Help function key. What you see depends on what you were doing before you first called for help. For example, if you were editing a table (in the Table Editor), pressing the More Help function key from the error message help panel would display the help panels associated with different aspects of the Table Editor. This is the same help that displays if you press the Help function key directly from the Table Editor. This list displays directly on top of the previous panel, the error message help panel, or any panel that is displayed from the Table Editor list.
You may also be presented with error messages as a result of a query being cancelled by the QMF Governor or the DB2 QMF High Performance Option Governor.