M204.0409
M204.0409 LENGTH must be between 1 and 255
You issued a DEFINE FIELD command with a LENGTH attribute that was not between 1 and 255. The LENGTH attribute in the DEFINE FIELD command indicates how many bytes to reserve for each occurrence of a field in each record. See DEFINE FIELD command or Field design for more information on the DEFINE FIELD command and the LENGTH attribute.
Response: Correct and retry.
Message attributes:
| RETCODEO=0 | Sets online return code |
|---|---|
| RETCODEB=4 | Sets batch (single user) return code |
| CLASS=E | Error class; the message can be suppressed with the X'04' bit setting of the MSGCTL parameter |
| AUDITER | Writes the message with line type ER to the audit trail |
| COUNT | Increments the error count (ERCNT) parameter |