Explanations for SQL, COSI, RDB, RDO, RDML, RDMS, and Oracle RMU facility messages are provided in online files: o SQL messages: SYS$HELP:SQL$MSG.DOC o Common Operating System Interface (COSI) messages: SYS$HELP:COSI_MSG.DOC o Common Oracle Rdb messages: SYS$HELP:RDB_MSG.DOC o RDO messages: SYS$HELP:RDO_MSG.DOC o RDML messages: SYS$HELP:RDML_MSG.DOC o Oracle Rdb specific (RDMS facility) messages: SYS$HELP:RDMS_MSG.DOC o Oracle RMU messages: SYS$HELP:RMU_MSG.DOC o NSDS messages: SYS$HELP:NSDS$MESSAGES.DOC o RMS messages: RMS error messages can be found in the OpenVMS documentation. There is no online documentation for RMS error messages. o Repository messages: SYS$HELP:CDDPLUS_MSG.DOC o Replication Option for Rdb messages: SYS$HELP:DDAL$MSG.DOC The SQL error message explanations are also included in the interactive SQL Help file under the "Errors" topic. The COSI error message explanations are also included in the Oracle RMU and RDO Help files under the "COSI_ERRORS" topic and in the SQL Help file under the "Errors" topic. The RDO and RDMS error message explanations are also included in the RDO Help file under the "Errors" topic. The Oracle RMU error message explanations are also included under the "RMU_ERRORS" topic in the Oracle RMU help file. The Replication Option for Rdb error message explanations are also included in the interactive SQL Help file under the "Errors" topic of the "REPLICATION_OPTION" topic. The RDB facility messages are no longer included in the RDO Help file because a subsequent installation of Gateway software or Rdb/ELN upgrades the RDB_MSG.DOC file whenever the RDB message image, RDBMSGS.EXE, includes new or revised error messages. Thus, the source for the latest, most up-to-date RDB facility messages is always the RDB_MSG.DOC file in SYS$HELP. The message documentation for all the facilities follows the same format, with messages alphabetized by message name. After the message name and text, the documentation includes an explanation and suggested user action. You can print the online message documentation files for reference. In addition, you can use a search command to see only the message information you need. The following example shows a user receiving the RDMS error message RELEXI, then obtaining an explanation of the RELEXI message from the RDMS online message documentation file: RDO> DELETE FIELD ID_DOM. %RDB-E-NO_META_UPDATE, metadata update failed -RDMS-F-RELEXI, field ID_DOM is used in relation EMPLOYEES -RDMS-F-FLDNOTDEL, field ID_DOM has not been deleted RDO> ROLLBACK RDO> FINISH RDO> EXIT $ $ SEARCH/WINDOW=(0,10) SYS$COMMON:[SYSHLP]RDMS_MSG.DOC RELEXI RELEXI, field <str> is used in relation <str> Explanation: The specified field you attempted to delete is used in a relation. User Action: You should first change the relation to exclude this field, and then delete the field. . . .