Returns the error message for a specified error number,
restricted to two-byte integers.
Syntax
mint rgetmsg(int msgnum, char *s, mint maxsize);
- msgnum is the error number, restricted to error numbers
between -32768 and +32767.
- s is a pointer to the buffer that receives the message
string (the output buffer).
- maxsize is the size of the output buffer. This value should
be set to the size of the largest message that you expect to
retrieve.
- The Informix® message
text files are used to retrieve the message.
Returns
Table 1. Return codes
| Code |
Description |
| 0 |
The operation was successful. |
| -1227 |
Message file not found. |
| -1228 |
Message number not found in message
file. |
| -1231 |
Cannot seek within message file. |
| -1232 |
Message buffer is too small. |
Important: This function returns Informix specific messages; it will not
work properly if the Informix client
software is not installed.