VMS Help SOR Routines, SOR$BEGIN_MERGE, Condition Values Returned  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

    SS$_NORMAL         Success.
    SOR$_BADDTYPE      Invalid or unsupported CDD data type.
    SOR$_BADLENOFF     Length and offset must be multiples of 8 bits.
    SOR$_BADLOGIC      Internal logic error detected.
    SOR$_BADOCCURS     Invalid OCCURS clause.
    SOR$_BADOVRLAY     Invalid overlay structure.
    SOR$_BADPROTCL     Node is an invalid CDD object.
    SOR$_BAD_KEY       Invalid key specification.
    SOR$_BAD_LRL       Record length n greater than specified longest
                       record length.
    SOR$_BAD_MERGE     Number of input files must be between 0 and
                       10. (For the high-performance Sort/Merge
                       utility, the maximum number is 12.)
    SOR$_BAD_ORDER     Merge input is out of order.
    SOR$_BAD_SRL       Record length n is too short to contain keys.
    SOR$_BAD_TYPE      Invalid sort process specified.
    SOR$_CDDERROR      CDD error at node name.
    SOR$_CLOSEIN       Error closing file as input.
    SOR$_CLOSEOUT      Error closing file.
    SOR$_COL_CHAR      Invalid character definition.
    SOR$_COL_CMPLX     Collating sequence is too complex.
    SOR$_COL_PAD       Invalid pad character.
    SOR$_COL_THREE     Cannot define 3-byte collating values.
    SOR$_ENDDIAGS      Completed with diagnostics.
    SOR$_ILLBASE       Nondecimal base is invalid.
    SOR$_ILLLITERL     Record containing symbolic literals is
                       unsupported.
    SOR$_ILLSCALE      Nonzero scale invalid for floating-point data
                       item.
    SOR$_INCDIGITS     Number of digits is not consistent with the
                       type or length of item.
    SOR$_INCNODATA     Include specification references no data, at
                       line n.
    SOR$_INCNOKEY      Include specification references no keys, at
                       line n.
    SOR$_IND_OVR       Indexed output file must already exist.
    SOR$_KEYAMBINC     Key specification is ambiguous or
                       inconsistent.
    SOR$_KEYED         Mismatch between SORT/MERGE keys and primary
                       file key.
    SOR$_KEY_LEN       Invalid key length, key number n, length n.
    SOR$_LRL_MISS      Longest record length must be specified.
    SOR$_MISLENOFF     Length and offset required.
    SOR$_MISS_PARAM    A required subroutine argument is missing.
    SOR$_MULTIDIM      Invalid multidimensional OCCURS.
    SOR$_NODUPEXC      Equal-key routine and no-duplicates option
                       cannot both be specified.
    SOR$_NOTRECORD     Node name is a name, not a record definition.
    SOR$_NUM_KEY       Too many keys specified.
    SOR$_NYI           Not yet implemented.
    SOR$_OPENIN        Error opening file as input.
    SOR$_OPENOUT       Error opening file as output.
    SOR$_READERR       Error reading file.
    SOR$_RTNERROR      Unexpected error status from user-written
                       routine.
    SOR$_SIGNCOMPQ     Absolute Date and Time data type represented
                       in 1-second units.
    SOR$_SORT_ON       Sort or merge routines called in incorrect
                       order.
    SOR$_SPCIVC        Invalid collating sequence specification at
                       line n.
    SOR$_SPCIVD        Invalid data type at line n.
    SOR$_SPCIVF        Invalid field specification at line n.
    SOR$_SPCIVI        Invalid include or omit specification at line
                       n.
    SOR$_SPCIVK        Invalid key or data specification at line n.
    SOR$_SPCIVP        Invalid sort process at line n.
    SOR$_SPCIVS        Invalid specification at line n.
    SOR$_SPCIVX        Invalid condition specification at line n.
    SOR$_SPCMIS        Invalid merge specification at line n.
    SOR$_SPCOVR        Overridden specification at line n.
    SOR$_SPCSIS        Invalid sort specification at line n.
    SOR$_SRTIWA        Insufficient space. The specification file is
                       too complex.
    SOR$_STABLEEX      Equal-key routine and stable option cannot
                       both be specified.
    SOR$_SYSERROR      System service error.
    SOR$_UNDOPTION     Undefined option flag was set.
    SOR$_UNSUPLEVL     Unsupported core level for record name.
    SOR$_WRITEERR      Error writing file.