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<!-- Java sync-link --><script language="Javascript" src="../rzahg/synch.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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<h1 class="topictitle1">Messages</h1>
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<div><p>The <span class="keyword">iSeries™ server</span> sends
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a variety of system messages that indicate conditions ranging from simple
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typing errors to problems with server devices or programs.</p>
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<div class="section"><p>Listed here are the messages you might
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get:</p>
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<ul><li>An error message on your current display. <p>These messages can interrupt
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your job or sound an alarm. You can display these messages by entering <samp class="codeph">DSPMSG</samp> on
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any command line.</p>
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</li>
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<li>A message regarding a server problem that is sent to the server operator
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message queue and displayed on a separate Work with Messages display. <p>To
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see these messages, enter <samp class="codeph">DSPMSG QSYSOPR</samp> on any server command
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line.</p>
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</li>
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<li>A message regarding a server problem that is sent to the message queue
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specified in a device description. <p>To see these messages, enter <samp class="codeph">DSPMSG
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message-queue-name</samp> on any server command line.</p>
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</li>
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<div class="section"><p>The server sends informational or inquiry messages for certain
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server events. <dfn class="term">Informational messages</dfn> give you status on what
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the server is doing. <dfn class="term">Inquiry messages</dfn> give you information about
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the server, but also request a reply.</p>
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<div class="section"><p>In some message displays, a message is accompanied by a letter
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and number code such as: </p>
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<pre>CPF0083</pre>
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<p>The first two
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or three letters indicate the message category. Some message categories for
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distributed relational database are:</p>
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<div class="tablenoborder"><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" width="100%" frame="hsides" border="0" rules="none"><caption>Table 1. Message categories</caption><thead align="left"><tr><th valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" id="d0e151">Category</th>
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<th valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" id="d0e153">Description</th>
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<th valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" id="d0e155">Library</th>
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<tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" headers="d0e151 ">CPA through CPZ</td>
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<td valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" headers="d0e153 ">Messages from the operating system</td>
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<td valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" headers="d0e155 ">QSYS/QCPFMSG</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" headers="d0e151 ">MCH</td>
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<td valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" headers="d0e153 ">Licensed internal code messages</td>
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<td valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" headers="d0e155 ">QSYS/QCPFMSG</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" headers="d0e151 ">SQ and SQL</td>
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<td valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" headers="d0e153 ">Structured Query Language (SQL) messages</td>
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<td valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" headers="d0e155 ">QSYS/QSQLMSG</td>
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<tr><td valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" headers="d0e151 ">TCP</td>
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<td valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" headers="d0e153 ">TCP/IP messages</td>
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<td valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" headers="d0e155 ">QTCP/QTCPMSGF</td>
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<p>The remaining four digits (five digits if the prefix is SQ) indicate
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the sequence number of the message. The example message ID shown indicates
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this is a message from the operating system, number 0083.</p>
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<div class="section"><p>To obtain more information about a message on the
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message line of a display or in a message queue, follow these steps: </p>
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<div class="section"> <ol><li>Move the cursor to the same line as the message.</li>
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<li>Press the Help key. The Additional Message Information display is shown.</li>
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<div class="section"> <pre class="screen">Additional Message Information
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Message ID . . . . . . : CPD6A64 Severity . . . . . . : 30
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Message type . . . . . : DIAGNOSTIC
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Date sent . . . . . . . : 03/29/92 Time sent . . . . . : 13:49:06
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From program . . . . . : QUIACT Instruction . . . . : 080D
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To program . . . . . . : QUIMGFLW Instruction . . . . : 03C5
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Message . . . . : Specified menu selection is not correct.
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Cause . . . . . : The selection that you have specified is not correct for
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one of the following reasons:
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-- The number selected was not valid.
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-- Something other than a menu option was entered on the option line.
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Recovery . . . : Select a valid option and press the Enter or Help key
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again.
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Press Enter to continue.
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F3=Exit F6=Print F9=Display message details
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F10=Display messages in job log F12=Cancel F21=Select assistance level
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</pre>
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<div class="section"><p>You can get more information about a message that is not showing
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on your display if you know the message identifier and the library in which
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it is located. To get this information, enter the <span class="cmdname">Display Message
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Description (DSPMSGD)</span> command:</p>
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<pre>DSPMSGD RANGE(SQL0204) MSGF(QSYS/QSQLMSG)</pre>
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</div>
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<div class="section"><p>This command produces a display that allows you to select the
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following information about a message: </p>
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<ul><li>Message text</li>
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<li>Field data</li>
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<li>Message attributes</li>
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<li>All of the preceding items</li>
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<div class="section"><p>The text is the same message and message help text that you see
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on the Additional Message Information display. The field data is a list of
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all the substitution variables defined for the message and their attributes.
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The message attributes are the values (when defined) for severity, logging,
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level of message, default program, default reply, and dump parameters. You
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can use the information to help you determine what the user was doing when
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the message appeared.</p>
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<ul class="ullinks">
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbal1msgtyp.htm">Message types</a></strong><br />
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On the Additional Message Information display, you see the message type and severity code for the message.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbal1drdmessage.htm">Distributed relational database messages</a></strong><br />
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If an error message occurs at either an application server (AS) or an application requester (AR), the server message is logged on the job log to indicate the reason for the failure.</li>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbal1wwu.htm" title="Investigating a problem usually begins with the user. Users might not be getting the results they expect when running a program or they might get a message indicating a problem. Sometimes the best way to diagnose and solve a problem is to go through the procedure with a user.">Work with distributed relational database users</a></div>
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<div class="relinfo"><strong>Related information</strong><br />
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<div><a href="../cl/dspmsgd.htm">Display Message Description (DSPMSGD) command</a></div>
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