M204.0772

M204.0772  "(" expected after field name

An INITIALIZE command has been issued for a file whose FILEORG parameter specifies either the SORT, HASH, or RECSCTY option, but the character following the field name was not a left parenthesis ((). The only valid information following the field name is field attributes within parentheses. A correct example is:

INITIALIZE SORT IO (KEY,FRV)

Response: Correct and retry. See INITIALIZE command for a discussion of the correct syntax.

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

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