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<h1 class="topictitle1">Messages</h1>
<div><p>The <span class="keyword">iSeries™ server</span> sends
a variety of system messages that indicate conditions ranging from simple
typing errors to problems with server devices or programs.</p>
<div class="section"><p>Listed here are the messages you might
get:</p>
<ul><li>An error message on your current display. <p>These messages can interrupt
your job or sound an alarm. You can display these messages by entering <samp class="codeph">DSPMSG</samp> on
any command line.</p>
</li>
<li>A message regarding a server problem that is sent to the server operator
message queue and displayed on a separate Work with Messages display. <p>To
see these messages, enter <samp class="codeph">DSPMSG QSYSOPR</samp> on any server command
line.</p>
</li>
<li>A message regarding a server problem that is sent to the message queue
specified in a device description. <p>To see these messages, enter <samp class="codeph">DSPMSG
message-queue-name</samp> on any server command line.</p>
</li>
</ul>
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<div class="section"><p>The server sends informational or inquiry messages for certain
server events. <dfn class="term">Informational messages</dfn> give you status on what
the server is doing. <dfn class="term">Inquiry messages</dfn> give you information about
the server, but also request a reply.</p>
</div>
<div class="section"><p>In some message displays, a message is accompanied by a letter
and number code such as: </p>
<pre>CPF0083</pre>
<p>The first two
or three letters indicate the message category. Some message categories for
distributed relational database are:</p>
<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>
<th valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" id="d0e153">Description</th>
<th valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" id="d0e155">Library</th>
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</thead>
<tbody><tr><td valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" headers="d0e151 ">CPA through CPZ</td>
<td valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" headers="d0e153 ">Messages from the operating system</td>
<td valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" headers="d0e155 ">QSYS/QCPFMSG</td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" headers="d0e151 ">MCH</td>
<td valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" headers="d0e153 ">Licensed internal code messages</td>
<td valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" headers="d0e155 ">QSYS/QCPFMSG</td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" headers="d0e151 ">SQ and SQL</td>
<td valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" headers="d0e153 ">Structured Query Language (SQL) messages</td>
<td valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" headers="d0e155 ">QSYS/QSQLMSG</td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" headers="d0e151 ">TCP</td>
<td valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" headers="d0e153 ">TCP/IP messages</td>
<td valign="top" width="33.33333333333333%" headers="d0e155 ">QTCP/QTCPMSGF</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p>The remaining four digits (five digits if the prefix is SQ) indicate
the sequence number of the message. The example message ID shown indicates
this is a message from the operating system, number 0083.</p>
</div>
<div class="section"><p>To obtain more information about a message on the
message line of a display or in a message queue, follow these steps: </p>
</div>
<div class="section"> <ol><li>Move the cursor to the same line as the message.</li>
<li>Press the Help key. The Additional Message Information display is shown.</li>
</ol>
</div>
<div class="section"> <pre class="screen">Additional Message Information
Message ID . . . . . . : CPD6A64 Severity . . . . . . : 30
Message type . . . . . : DIAGNOSTIC
Date sent . . . . . . . : 03/29/92 Time sent . . . . . : 13:49:06
From program . . . . . : QUIACT Instruction . . . . : 080D
To program . . . . . . : QUIMGFLW Instruction . . . . : 03C5
Message . . . . : Specified menu selection is not correct.
Cause . . . . . : The selection that you have specified is not correct for
one of the following reasons:
-- The number selected was not valid.
-- Something other than a menu option was entered on the option line.
Recovery . . . : Select a valid option and press the Enter or Help key
again.
Bottom
Press Enter to continue.
F3=Exit F6=Print F9=Display message details
F10=Display messages in job log F12=Cancel F21=Select assistance level
</pre>
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<div class="section"><p>You can get more information about a message that is not showing
on your display if you know the message identifier and the library in which
it is located. To get this information, enter the <span class="cmdname">Display Message
Description (DSPMSGD)</span> command:</p>
<pre>DSPMSGD RANGE(SQL0204) MSGF(QSYS/QSQLMSG)</pre>
</div>
<div class="section"><p>This command produces a display that allows you to select the
following information about a message: </p>
<ul><li>Message text</li>
<li>Field data</li>
<li>Message attributes</li>
<li>All of the preceding items</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="section"><p>The text is the same message and message help text that you see
on the Additional Message Information display. The field data is a list of
all the substitution variables defined for the message and their attributes.
The message attributes are the values (when defined) for severity, logging,
level of message, default program, default reply, and dump parameters. You
can use the information to help you determine what the user was doing when
the message appeared.</p>
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<ul class="ullinks">
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbal1msgtyp.htm">Message types</a></strong><br />
On the Additional Message Information display, you see the message type and severity code for the message.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="rbal1drdmessage.htm">Distributed relational database messages</a></strong><br />
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>
</ul>
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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 />
<div><a href="../cl/dspmsgd.htm">Display Message Description (DSPMSGD) command</a></div>
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