View source for MSIR.0416 Date maps to exception value or different format pair in (file) record (rec) (value) = (field)

This message indicates that an update to record number '''''rec''''' in file '''''file''''' for field '''''field''''' was attempted, and that the '''''value''''' being stored matched a format and cannot be stored in the record. The reason it cannot be stored is that '''''field''''' is related to another field, ''field2'', and there is a conflict among the exception values, primary, alternate, and/or error formats specified on a SIRFIELD RELATE command naming the two fields. 

'''''value''''', when converted to a format for '''''field2''''', results in ''value2'':

<ul> 
<li>If ''value2'' is an exception value for ''field2'', the update is not allowed (because, since '''''value''''' matched a format, it is not also an exception value). </li>

<li>Otherwise, it is a conflict with formats. ''Value2'' matches an earlier format for ''field2'' than the format which matched '''''value'''''. </li>
</ul> 

This is a very rare error message; if you receive it you should review your use of a valid date as an exception value, and your use of the ALTERNATES and ERROR clauses, as discussed in the <var class="book">[[Media:SirfieldNew.pdf|Sir2000 Field Migration Facility Reference Manual]]</var>. If this still presents a problem for you, please call [[Contacting Rocket Software Technical Support|Technical Support]]. 

The update attempt was from User Language or IFAM. If the attempted update is from the <var>FILE RECORDS UNDER</var> statement or from the <var>IFFILE</var> function, '''''rec''''' will be -1, and, for <var>FILE RECORDS UNDER</var>, <code>M204.1096 THERE WERE NO UPDATES FOR BACKOUT TO PROCESS</code> is also issued. 

The update is rejected and the request is cancelled (for an IFAM request, a user restart is performed).

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