*d* The occurrence count exceeds the defined occurrence for this file.

[Chris Sharman]

roger32909 at bellsouth.net wrote:
> OpenVMS V7.3-2 on an Alpha, Q D E S I G N   (7.10.G1)
> Copyright 1998 COGNOS INC. (ALPHA)
> Licensed PH-AXP-DEVELOPMENT 
> 
> Have a detail file in a screen that occurs 5 times
> FILE XYZ-LINES DETAIL OCCURS 5 TIMES CACHE 255 NOITEMS
> 
> In testing a screen, I just updated 9 detail records and received this message which I have never
> seen before:
> 
> *d* The occurrence count exceeds the defined occurrence for this file.
> 
> I looked at the 9 records in QUIZ and everything appears to be normal.  When I do a QUICK (F)ind,
> all 9 records show up normally.
> 
> But surely a message like this would alarm a user.  Anybody have a clue?

I didn't think 710G1 was that robust a release - I'd recommend 710G3 or 
710G4, which had most of the major issues ironed out. There's probably 
an 8.40 release which would be even better, but that would be a more 
major upgrade.

Chris

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