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Severity Levels [Table of Contents] Finding Object Names from Error Message Text

Troubleshooting and Error Messages Guide

[-] Chapter 3 Error Message Writeups
[-] Variables in Error Message Text

Variables in Error Message Text

The following table lists the symbolic constants that appear in the error message text provided with each error message explanation:

Error message text variables and meanings

Symbol

Stands For

%d,%D

Decimal number

%x, %X, %.*x, %lx, %04x, %08lx

Hexadecimal number

%s

Null-terminated string

%.*s, %*s, %*.s

String, usually the name of a particular database object

%S_type

Sybase-defined structure

%c

Single character

%f

Floating-point number

%ld

Long decimal number

%lf

Double floating-point number


Error Message
Severity Levels [Table of Contents] Finding Object Names from Error Message Text