COBOL Messages


LNC0635

Keys specified do not match externally-described keys for file %1. KEY IS phrase ignored.

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Cause . . . . . : When a series of keys is specified in a START statement for a file with externally-described keys, the keys in the series must match the externally-described keys within one of the formats for the file. (The last 'key' need only be a data-name having the same relative start position within the record as does the corresponding externally-described key.)

Recovery . . . : Correct the series of keys to match the keys defined externally for one of the formats for the file, or specify KEY IS EXTERNALLY-DESCRIBED-KEY along with a valid FORMAT phrase to implicitly use the keys for the specified format.


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