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DC643031

PRIOR POINTER NOT ALLOWED

Reason:

A SET statement's OWNER or MEMBER clause incorrectly specifies a prior pointer position. Prior pointer positions can be specified only in the following cases:

• The set mode is CHAIN specified with LINKED TO PRIOR. In this case, both the OWNER and MEMBER clauses can specify prior pointer positions.
• The set mode is INDEX and the owner is a user-defined record (that is, other than OWNER IS SYSTEM). In this case, only the OWNER clause can specify a prior pointer position.

If the set mode was coded correctly, but the mode does not allow the specification of the prior pointer position, simply issue a MODIFY SET statement that contains any clauses bypassed as a result of this error. Do not code the PRIOR DBKEY POSITION clause. If the set mode was coded incorrectly, issue a MODIFY SET statement that both changes the mode (MODE IS CHAIN LINKED TO PRIOR or MODE IS INDEX) and contains any clauses bypassed as a result of this error.

Module:

IDMSCHTR

Severity:

0