Listers,

I have a HP-C/iX program using the FFINDBYKEY intrinsic to locate a record
in a KSAM file using the following code:

   char FindKey[26];

   if(TestMode==1)
      fprintf(stderr,"\nRead KSAM with: %s", FindKey);

   FFINDBYKEY(KSAMFileNo, &FindKey, 0,0,0);
   MPEerr(KSAMFileNo,1101);

The records were not being found, so I inserted the call to my error
subroutine to discover why.

The reported tombstone shows the error to be 186 (Invalid Key Length), but
the documentation I have for this intrinsic tells me that passing zeros in
the key number, key length and reation operator parameters will default to
"primary key", "full key usage" and "equals specified value", respectively.

I have tried specifiying values ranging from zero to the key length (26),
using both int and short variables (though the intrinsic specifies
16V-shorts), and have tried hard coded numbers.  I have issued a KSAMUTIL>
KI KSAM1;RECOVER command just in case there is a problem with the file.  And
nothing seems to help.

Assuming that the intrinsic doesn't actually mind using the entire key, what
situations might cause this error?

Thanks,
Rs~


Russ Smith, Systems Consultant
Problem Solved, Vacaville, CA
r s m i t h @ c u - h e l p . c o m
h p 3 k - l @ e - 3 0 0 0 . n e t