IDC21862I   DBCS CRITERIA ERROR IN RECORD number AT OFFSET offset

Explanation

DBCS was specified on an access method services (AMS) PRINT or REPRO copy of a data set operation. AMS, while criteria checking DBCS characters to be printed or copied, detected that characters indicated as DBCS do not meet criteria.

In the message text:
offset
The offset.
number
The record number in the source data set.

System action

Processing continues. The return code is 8.

Programmer response

Make sure the DBCS data meet the following criteria:
  • The data must be bracketed by paired SO and SI characters when in combination with SBCS data.
  • The number of bytes between the SO and SI characters must be even, since each DBCS character requires two bytes to represent it.

Source

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