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title: ScalarDB Schema Loader Error Codes
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# ScalarDB Schema Loader Error Codes

This page provides a list of error codes in ScalarDB Schema Loader.

## Error code classes and descriptions

| Class                    | Description                        |
|:-------------------------|:-----------------------------------|
| `DB-SCHEMA-LOADER-1xxxx` | Errors for the user error category |

## `DB-SCHEMA-LOADER-1xxxx` status codes

The following are status codes and messages for the user error category.

### `DB-SCHEMA-LOADER-10000`

**Message**

```markdown
The table does not exist. Table: %s
```

### `DB-SCHEMA-LOADER-10001`

**Message**

```markdown
The partition keys for the table %s.%s were modified, but altering partition keys is not supported
```

### `DB-SCHEMA-LOADER-10002`

**Message**

```markdown
The clustering keys for the table %s.%s were modified, but altering clustering keys is not supported
```

### `DB-SCHEMA-LOADER-10003`

**Message**

```markdown
The clustering order of the table %s.%s were modified, but altering the clustering order is not supported
```

### `DB-SCHEMA-LOADER-10004`

**Message**

```markdown
The column %s in the table %s.%s has been deleted. Column deletion is not supported when altering a table
```

### `DB-SCHEMA-LOADER-10005`

**Message**

```markdown
The data type for the column %s in the table %s.%s was modified, but altering data types is not supported
```

### `DB-SCHEMA-LOADER-10006`

**Message**

```markdown
Specifying the '--schema-file' option is required when using the '--repair-all' option
```

### `DB-SCHEMA-LOADER-10007`

**Message**

```markdown
Specifying the '--schema-file' option is required when using the '--alter' option
```

### `DB-SCHEMA-LOADER-10008`

**Message**

```markdown
Specifying the '--schema-file' option is required when using the '--import' option
```

### `DB-SCHEMA-LOADER-10009`

**Message**

```markdown
Specifying the '--coordinator' option with the '--import' option is not allowed. Create Coordinator tables separately
```

### `DB-SCHEMA-LOADER-10010`

**Message**

```markdown
Reading the configuration file failed. File: %s
```

### `DB-SCHEMA-LOADER-10011`

**Message**

```markdown
Reading the schema file failed. File: %s
```

### `DB-SCHEMA-LOADER-10012`

**Message**

```markdown
Parsing the schema JSON failed. Details: %s
```

### `DB-SCHEMA-LOADER-10013`

**Message**

```markdown
The table name must contain the namespace and the table. Table: %s
```

### `DB-SCHEMA-LOADER-10014`

**Message**

```markdown
The partition key must be specified. Table: %s
```

### `DB-SCHEMA-LOADER-10015`

**Message**

```markdown
Invalid clustering-key format. The clustering key must be in the format of 'column_name' or 'column_name ASC/DESC'. Table: %s; Clustering key: %s
```

### `DB-SCHEMA-LOADER-10016`

**Message**

```markdown
Columns must be specified. Table: %s
```

### `DB-SCHEMA-LOADER-10017`

**Message**

```markdown
Invalid column type. Table: %s; Column: %s; Type: %s
```
