Previous relative START or READ did not lock record Explanation: When your program executes a REWRITE or DELETE statement for a file in sequential access mode, the current record must be locked. This message indicates that, for a relative file, this condition was not met. User Action: You must take the following actions: a. Verify that the previous START or READ statement that established the current record did not include an ALLOWING UPDATERS file sharing option. This option does not lock the record. b. Check the program logic to ensure that there are no UNLOCK statements that unlocked the current record.