ICE027A END OF [ddname] FIELD BEYOND MAXIMUM RECORD LENGTH
Explanation
Critical. If ddname is blank, then:
- The OUTREC or INREC length exceeded 32767 bytes, or
- if INREC was specified, a SORT, MERGE, OUTREC, or SUM field was defined as extending beyond the maximum reformatted record length.
if Regular Expressions are used, DFSORT internally adds a NULL byte to the specified
field in the INCLUDE/OMIT control statement. This reduces the maximum length that you can use for a
Regular Expression by 1. So, for example if you are using Regular Expression on a fixed block file
with an LRECL of 80, then the maximum length you can use for Regular Expressions is 79.
- otherwise, a SORT, MERGE, INREC, OUTREC, SUM, INCLUDE, or OMIT field was defined as extending beyond the maximum input record length
Otherwise, ddname indicates the first
data set in the OUTFIL group for which either:
- an OUTFIL field was defined as extending beyond the maximum OUTFIL input record length, or
- the OUTFIL output record length exceeded 32767 bytes
System action
The program terminates.
Programmer response
Check all relevant control statements for incorrectly specified field position or length values. Check the record statement for incorrectly specified length values.
If an EFS field is specified in the SORT or MERGE control statement, make sure the position begins within the record.
If ICETOOL is used, check each ON field of the failing operator for incorrectly specified position or length values, and for a DISPLAY, OCCUR, RANGE, STATS, UNIQUE, or VERIFY operator, check that the LRECL of the FROM data set is at least 4.