COBCH0241 - COBCH0260

• COBCH0241 Only allowed in Working-Storage Section
  The syntax indicated is allowed only in the Working-Storage Section.
• COBCH0242 Only allowed in WORKING-STORAGE and FILE sections
  The syntax indicated is allowed only in the Working-Storage Section or the File Section.
• COBCH0243 VALUE of group item must be nonnumeric or figurative constant
  If you specify a VALUE clause for a group item, the value in the clause must be either a nonnumeric literal or a figurative constant.
• COBCH0244 FD missing for file filename
  You have not made an FD entry for all the files named in the FILE-CONTROL paragraph.
• COBCH0245 DEPENDING ON item data-name missing or illegal
  You have not declared a data item named in the DEPENDING phrase of an OCCURS clause.
• COBCH0246 KEY key-name missing or illegal
  You have not specified the RECORD KEY clause in the file description of an indexed sequential file.
• COBCH0247 Index-name has been declared explicitly
  You have declared an index data item explicitly. The item is declared implicitly by its appearance in an INDEX phrase, so you have in effect declared the same item twice.
• COBCH0248 ISAM key key-name too long
  A data item that is to be used as an indexed sequential file key is longer than the maximum length allowed for such keys.
• COBCH0249 Alternate keys have same reference
  The two alternate keys you have defined for an indexed sequential file overlap. Alternate keys must be completely distinct from one another.
• COBCH0250 STATUS field data-name missing or illegal
  You have either not declared the data item specified in the FILE STATUS clause of a file control entry, or you have declared it incorrectly.
• COBCH0251 CURSOR field data-name missing or illegal
  You have either not declared the data item specified in the CURSOR IS clause in the SPECIAL-NAMES paragraph, or you have declared the item incorrectly.
• COBCH0252 PASSWORD field data-name missing or illegal
  You have either not declared the data item specified in the PASSWORD clause in a file description entry, or you have declared the item incorrectly.
• COBCH0253 LABEL RECORD or DATA RECORD record-name missing or illegal
  You have either not declared the record item specified in the LABEL RECORD or DATA RECORD clauses in a file description entry, or you have declared the item incorrectly.
• COBCH0254 'VALUE OF' field data-name missing or illegal
  You have either not declared one or more of the data items named in the VALUE OF clause of an FD entry in the File Section, or you have declared such an item incorrectly.
• COBCH0255 User name data-name same as special register
  You have declared a data item with the same name as one of the special registers, which are data items that are automatically declared by your COBOL system.
• COBCH0256 Preceding record has zero length
  You have defined a file record with zero length. This is probably due to errors in all of the elementary item descriptions in the record definition.
• COBCH0257 KEY data-name missing or already declared
  You have either not declared a data item specified in the KEY phrase of an OCCURS clause, or you have declared it twice.
• COBCH0258 ASSIGN data-name data-name illegal
  You have specified an ASSIGN data-name in a SELECT ... ASSIGN clause that is not unitary, that is, the data definition contains an OCCURS clause.
• COBCH0259 Illegal report-name or bad RD clause
  You have defined a report-name that is either not unique or which does not conform to the rules for user-defined words. Alternatively, you have specified a clause in an RD entry incorrectly.
• COBCH0260 Inconsistent page specification
  The values you have specified in the PAGE LIMIT clause are not consistent; for example, the integer in the LAST DETAIL phrase is smaller than the integer in the FIRST DETAIL phrase.

Parent topic: Messages COBCH0201 to COBCH0300

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