If you are working in one of the forms-based user interfaces, such as the Terminal Monitor, error messages display on a single line across the bottom of the terminal screen. The text appears first, followed by the error code. If the text is longer than one line, press the Help key to display the rest of the message. To clear the error message from the screen, press the Return key.

If you are not working in a forms-based user interface, OpenSQL displays the error code followed by the entire message text.

If you have included an SQLCA, embedded OpenSQL applications do not automatically display error messages. You must provide program code to do so.