JAM Error Messages

 

The following table contains a description of error, informational, and warning messages that can be encountered while using the JAM software.

100	warning: 66 level (RENAMES) is not supported
	DESCRIPTION	This language feature is not supported.
	ACTION	No action is necessary.
101	warning: 88 level (condition name) is not supported
	DESCRIPTION	This language feature is not supported.
	ACTION	No action is necessary.
102	warning: Binary bitfield datatype is not supported
	DESCRIPTION	This language feature is not supported.
	ACTION	No action is necessary.
103	warning: COMP-5 datatype is not supported
	DESCRIPTION	This language feature is not supported.
	ACTION	No action is necessary, but it is recommended that the source file be corrected.
104	warning: COMP-X datatype is not supported
	DESCRIPTION	This language feature is not supported.
	ACTION	No action is necessary, but it is recommended that the source file be corrected.
105	warning: Extraneous '.' ignored
	DESCRIPTION	A extra delimiter was encountered, and is ignored.
	ACTION	No action is necessary.
106	warning: Extraneous OCCURS TO clause, ignored
	DESCRIPTION	This clause is not necessary, and is ignored.
	ACTION	No action is necessary, but it is recommended that the source file be corrected.
107	warning: INDEXED BY clause ignored
	DESCRIPTION	This clause is not necessary, and is ignored.
	ACTION	No action is necessary.
108	warning: Identifier is not unique: {name}
	DESCRIPTION	The data item name is not unique, which might cause ambiguity.
	ACTION	No action is necessary.
109	warning: KEY IS clause ignored
	DESCRIPTION	This clause is not necessary, and is ignored.
	ACTION	No action is necessary.
110	warning: Level number {num} is out of sequence, treating like {num}
	DESCRIPTION	The level number of a data item definition does not match previous level numbers, so a default value is assumed.
	ACTION	No action is necessary, but it is recommended that the source file be corrected.
111	warning: OCCURS lower bound exceeds upper bound ({occurMin} > {occurMax})
	DESCRIPTION	The OCCURS ranges are out of order.
	ACTION	No action is necessary, but it is recommended that the source file be corrected.
112	warning: PICTURE ignored for COMP-1/COMP-2 datatype
	DESCRIPTION	The clause is not meaningful for the data item definition.
	ACTION	No action is necessary.
113	warning: PICTURE ignored for INDEX datatype
	DESCRIPTION	The clause is not meaningful for the data item definition.
	ACTION	No action is necessary, but it is recommended that the source file be corrected.
114	warning: PICTURE ignored for POINTER datatype
	DESCRIPTION	The clause is not meaningful for the data item definition.
	ACTION	No action is necessary, but it is recommended that the source file be corrected.
115	warning: PICTURE ignored for binary bitfield datatype
	DESCRIPTION	The clause is not meaningful for the data item definition.
	ACTION	No action is necessary, but it is recommended that the source file be corrected.
118	warning: Token begins with an unrecognizable character ({char})
	DESCRIPTION	An unrecognizable character was encountered in the source file.
	ACTION	No action is necessary, but it is recommended that the source file be corrected.
119	warning: USAGE ignored for 88-level datatype
	DESCRIPTION	The clause is not meaningful for the data item definition.
	ACTION	No action is necessary, but it is recommended that the source file be corrected.
120	warning: Data item follows a 66-level item
	DESCRIPTION	All 66-level items must be the last items within a given group.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
121	warning: JUSTIFY clause ignored for non-alphanumeric item
	DESCRIPTION	The clause is not meaningful for the data item definition.
	ACTION	No action is necessary, but it is recommended that the source file be corrected.
122	warning: PICTURE clause ignored for RENAMES datatype
	DESCRIPTION	The clause is not meaningful for the data item definition.
	ACTION	No action is necessary, but it is recommended that the source file be corrected.
123	warning: PICTURE clause required for NO USAGE datatype
	DESCRIPTION	The required clause is missing.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
124	warning: SIGN clause ignored
	DESCRIPTION	The clause is not meaningful for the data item definition.
	ACTION	No action is necessary, but it is recommended that the source file be corrected.
125	warning: Terminating "." appears to be missing
	DESCRIPTION	Data Record definitions must be terminated with a !!
	ACTION	No action is necessary, but it is recommended that the source file be corrected.
126	warning: USAGE clause ignored for RENAMES item
	DESCRIPTION	The clause is not meaningful for the data item definition.
	ACTION	No action is necessary, but it is recommended that the source file be corrected.
127	warning: OCCURS lower bound assumed to be 1
	DESCRIPTION	The lower bound in the OCCURS clause of the DEPENDS ON clause is missing and assumed to be 1.
	ACTION	Items with a DEPENDS ON clause require an OCCURS lower bound.
128	warning: OCCURS lower and upper bounds should be different
	DESCRIPTION	The upper and lower bound in the OCCURS clause of the DEPENDS ON clause are the same.
	ACTION	Items with a DEPENDS ON clause should have different upper and lower bounds.
200	error: BLANK WHEN ZERO clause ignored for non-zoned item
	DESCRIPTION	The clause is not meaningful for the data item definition.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
201	error: Bad data item clause
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error or semantic disagreement was encountered while parsing the data item definition.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
202	error: Cannot REDEFINE the item: {name}
	DESCRIPTION	The name specified is not a valid REDEFINES target.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
203	error: Character literal is missing its closing quote
	DESCRIPTION	Quoted literals require a closing quote mark.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
204	error: Character literal is too long, truncated ({num})
	DESCRIPTION	Character literals are truncated beyond a fixed upper limit.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
205	error: DEPENDING ON clause requires OCCURS TO upper bound
	DESCRIPTION	The required clause is missing.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
206	error: DEPENDING ON item is not an integer: {name}
	DESCRIPTION	The DEPENDING ON data item is not a numeric integer type.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
207	error: DEPENDING ON clause requires an OCCURS clause
	DESCRIPTION	The required clause is missing.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
208	error: Expected an ASCENDING/DESCENDING KEY IS clause
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
209	error: Expected BLANK
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
210	error: Expected a DEPENDING ON clause
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
211	error: Expected a DEPENDING ON qualified identifier
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
212	error: Expected EXTERNAL
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
213	error: Expected EXTERNAL/GLOBAL
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
214	error: Expected GLOBAL
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
215	error: Expected an INDEXED BY clause
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
216	error: Expected an INDEXED BY qualified identifier
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
217	error: Expected a JUSTIFIED clause
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
218	error: Expected a KEY IS qualified identifier
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
219	error: Expected LEADING/TRAILING, found '{text}'
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
220	error: Expected an OCCURS clause
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
221	error: Expected OCCURS lower bound, found '{text}'
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
222	error: Expected OCCURS upper bound, found '{text}'
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
223	error: Expected a PICTURE clause
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
224	error: Expected a PICTURE specification, found '{text}'
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
225	error: Expected a REDEFINES clause
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
226	error: Expected a REDEFINES identifier, found '{text}'
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
227	error: Expected a RENAMES THRU identifier, found '{text}'
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
228	error: Expected a RENAMES clause
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
229	error: Expected a RENAMES qualified identifier, found '{text}'
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
230	error: Expected a SIGN clause
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
231	error: Expected a SYNC clause
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
232	error: Expected a VALUE clause
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
233	error: Expected ZERO
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
234	error: Expected a ')' following a bitfield size, found '{text}'
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
235	error: Expected a USAGE data type, found '{text}'
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
236	error: Expected a bitfield size, found '{text}'
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
237	error: Expected a data clause, found '{text}'
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
238	error: Expected a level number, found '{text}'
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
239	error: Expected an identifier or FILLER, found '{text}'
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
240	error: Extraneous BLANK WHEN ZERO clause
	DESCRIPTION	The data item definition can only have one such clause.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
241	error: Extraneous DEPENDING ON clause
	DESCRIPTION	The data item definition can only have one such clause.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
242	error: Extraneous EXTERNAL clause
	DESCRIPTION	The data item definition can only have one such clause.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
243	error: Extraneous GLOBAL clause
	DESCRIPTION	The data item definition can only have one such clause.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
244	error: Extraneous INDEXED BY clause
	DESCRIPTION	The data item definition can only have one such clause.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
245	error: Extraneous JUSTIFY clause
	DESCRIPTION	The data item definition can only have one such clause.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
246	error: Extraneous KEY IS clause
	DESCRIPTION	The data item definition can only have one such clause.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
247	error: Extraneous OCCURS clause
	DESCRIPTION	The data item definition can only have one such clause.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
248	error: Extraneous PICTURE clause
	DESCRIPTION	The data item definition can only have one such clause.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
249	error: Extraneous REDEFINES clause
	DESCRIPTION	The data item definition can only have one such clause.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
250	error: Extraneous RENAMES clause
	DESCRIPTION	The data item definition can only have one such clause.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
251	error: Extraneous SIGN clause
	DESCRIPTION	The data item definition can only have one such clause.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
252	error: Extraneous SYNC clause
	DESCRIPTION	The data item definition can only have one such clause.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
253	error: Extraneous USAGE clause
	DESCRIPTION	The data item definition can only have one such clause.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
254	error: Extraneous VALUES clause
	DESCRIPTION	The data item definition can only have one such clause.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
255	error: Hex string literal must have an even number of digits
	DESCRIPTION	Hexadecimal character literals must be composed of an even number of digits.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
256	error: INDEXED BY clause requires an OCCURS clause
	DESCRIPTION	The required clause is missing.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
257	error: Improper bitfield size ({len})
	DESCRIPTION	A improper length was specified.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
258	error: Improper level-number for REDEFINES item ({levelNo})
	DESCRIPTION	The level numbers of redefined data items must match.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
260	error: KEY IS clause requires an OCCURS clause
	DESCRIPTION	The required clause is missing.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
261	error: Level number {n} is out of sequence, treating like {n}
	DESCRIPTION	The level number of a data item definition does not match previous level numbers, so a default value is assumed.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
262	error: Malformed DEPENDING ON clause
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
263	error: Malformed INDEXED BY clause
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
264	error: Malformed KEY IS clause
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
265	error: Malformed USAGE clause
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
267	error: Malformed VALUE clause
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
268	error: Malformed data definition ignored for: {name}
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
269	error: Malformed data definition, ignored
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the source file.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
270	error: Malformed picture specification: '{pic}'
	DESCRIPTION	The picture clause contains invalid characters.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
271	error: Missing PICTURE clause
	DESCRIPTION	The data item definition requires such a clause.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
272	error: Missing USAGE and PICTURE clauses
	DESCRIPTION	The data item definition requires such a clause.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
273	error: Missing VALUE literal constant, found '{text}'
	DESCRIPTION	The clause contains a syntax error.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
274	error: Missing identifier following IN/OF, found '{text}'
	DESCRIPTION	The clause contains a syntax error.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
275	error: Missing literal constant after THRU, found '{text}'
	DESCRIPTION	The clause contains a syntax error.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
276	error: Nonexistent or nonunique DEPENDING ON identifier: {name}
	DESCRIPTION	The name specified is ambiguous.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
277	error: OCCURS count must be greater than zero ({occurMax})
	DESCRIPTION	Arrays must have at least one element.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
278	error: REDEFINES identifier cannot be qualified
	DESCRIPTION	The clause contains a syntax error.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
279	error: REDEFINES item must have the same level number ({levelNo})
	DESCRIPTION	The level numbers of redefined data items must match.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
281	error: Recovering, skipping to next '.'
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error was encountered, so the rest of the definition is ignored.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
282	error: String literal is empty
	DESCRIPTION	A quoted literal must contain at least one character.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
283	error: USAGE and PICTURE clauses disagree
	DESCRIPTION	The clauses specify contradictory types or lengths.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
284	error: Word is too long, truncated ({num})
	DESCRIPTION	Token words cannot be longer than a certain fixed length.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
285	error: PICTURE and SIGN clauses disagree
	DESCRIPTION	The clauses specify contradictory types or lengths.
	ACTION	Correct the source file.
300	Error: An I/O error occurred while generating [{name}]: {error}
	DESCRIPTION	Could not write to the output file.
	ACTION	Check the permissions of the output file.
301	Error: An I/O error occurred while generating [{name}]: {error}
	DESCRIPTION	Could not write to the output file.
	ACTION	Check the permissions of the output file.
302	Error: An I/O error occurred while generating [{name}]: {error}
	DESCRIPTION	Could not write to the output file.
	ACTION	Check the permissions of the output file.
303	Error: An I/O error occurred while generating [{view}]: {error}
	DESCRIPTION	Could not write to the output file.
	ACTION	Check the permissions of the output file.
304	Error: An I/O error occurred while reading the script: {file}
	DESCRIPTION	The file could not be read.
	ACTION	Check the permissions of the input file.
305	Error: EJB specification must contain both a class name and a method name
	DESCRIPTION	Proper code cannot be generated without the missing items.
	ACTION	Provide the missing items.
306	Error: EJB {bean} is not defined.
	DESCRIPTION	A nonexistent EJB bean name was referenced.
	ACTION	Specify a different file name.
307	Error: Parse failed on [{file}].
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error was encountered while parsing the script file.
	ACTION	Correct the script.
308	Error: The copybook [{file}] was not found.
	DESCRIPTION	A nonexistent COBOL source file name was specified.
	ACTION	Correct the misspelling or provide the missing source file.
309	Error: The script file [{file}] was not found.
	DESCRIPTION	A nonexistent file name was specified.
	ACTION	Specify a different file name.
310	Error: excess method {name} is ignored.
	DESCRIPTION	An extraneous method definition was specified.
	ACTION	Remove the duplicate definition.
311	Error: expecting {token}.
	DESCRIPTION	A syntax error occurred while parsing the input file.
	ACTION	Correct the input file.
312	Error: method {name} is not defined in EJB {bean}.
	DESCRIPTION	A nonexistent method was referenced.
	ACTION	Correct the input file.
313	Error: service {name} is not defined.
	DESCRIPTION	A nonexistent service name was referenced.
	ACTION	Correct the input file.
314	Error: service {service} is not defined.
	DESCRIPTION	The service name referenced was not defined.
	ACTION	Provide the missing service name definition or correct the misspelling.
315	Error: servlet {name} refers to an unknown page ({page}).
	DESCRIPTION	A nonexistent page name was referenced.
	ACTION	Correct the input file.