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  Message:      0205
 
  Text:         RECORD missing or has zero size
 
  Explanation:  You have declared a file using the SELECT statement
                within the Environment Division of your program, but have
                either failed to define it in a corresponding FD entry in
                the Data division or have used a different file-name in the
                FD entry, perhaps owing to a spelling mistake. If a mismatch
                of the two occurs then the record associated with the file
                does not exist although the necessary space has been created
                for it.
 
  Resolution:   Add or revise the FD entry.
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