VMS Help  —  COBOL  PROCEDURE_DIVISION, USE  3format DB-EXCEPTION
  The USE statement specifies Declarative procedures to handle
  input/output errors and database exception conditions.  It can also
  specify procedures to be executed before the program processes a
  specific report group.

  Format 3 -

   USE [GLOBAL] FOR DB-EXCEPTION [ON { {DBM$_exception-condition} ... }].
                                 [   { OTHER                          }]

1  –  DBM$ exception-condition

  is a symbolic constant name beginning with the characters "DBM$_".
  It identifies a DBMS exception condition.
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