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
Release : All supported releases
Component : IDD
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.