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Error Code M19

M[UMPS] by Example

M19, Cannot copy a tree or subtree into itself

Introduced in the 1995 ANSI M[UMPS] language standard.

When a MERGE command is executed, and there is an overlap between the source and the destination of the information to be copied, this error will occur.

Merge ^ABC(1,2,3)=^ABC(1,2,3,4,5,6)
Merge ^ABC(1,2,3,4,5)=^ABC(1,2,3,4)
Merge ^ABC(1,2,3)=^ABC(1,2,3)
Merge ^|HERE|ABC(1,2,3)=^|THERE|ABC(1,2,3)

(in the last example, the error will occur if the value of HERE happens to be equal to the value of THERE).

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