DC601223 modifying a record in IDD

Products

• IDMS

Issue/Introduction

An attempt to ADD or MODIFY a record in IDD results in DC601223:

     ADD
     RECORD NAME IS LONGREC VERSION IS 1
         PUBLIC ACCESS IS ALLOWED FOR ALL
         RECORD NAME SYNONYM IS LONGREC VERSION 1
         .
         RECORD ELEMENT IS X32700 VERSION 1
         PICTURE IS  X(32700)
         USAGE IS DISPLAY
         .
         RECORD ELEMENT IS X100 VERSION 1
         PICTURE IS  X(100)
         USAGE IS DISPLAY
         .
*+ E DC601223  LONGREC LENGTH EXCEEDS 32767

Environment

Release : All supported releases
Component : IDD

Resolution

The DC601223 means what it says.

Despite the apparent error, the record is left defined in the dictionary with the requested structure and can still be COPYed into cobol programs.

It cannot be used in ADS dialogs.

An attempt to do so results in:

DC498248 Record    n is in error.