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DB13239E

EXCEEDS ELEMENT LENGTH NEAR POSITION nnnn

Reason:

Near position nnnn, the Accounting Facility encountered a logical expression involving a literal which is longer than the defined length of the element minus the offset, if any.

Action:

Using the following example as a model, shorten the literal or reduce the value of the offset:

Given: The element DAY (type C, length 3)

• DAY <operator> a (first character)
• DAY <operator> aa (first and second characters)
• DAY <operator> aaa (all three characters)
• DAY +1 <operator> a (second character)
• DAY +1 <operator> aa (second and third characters)
• DAY +2 <operator> a (third character)