Index: trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_finish.pl
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--- trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_finish.pl	(revision 28043)
+++ trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_finish.pl	(revision 28046)
@@ -176,4 +176,6 @@
         my $exp_id = $job->{exp_id};
 
+        my $error_string = get_error_string($fault);
+
         if (($fault eq $PSTAMP_DUP_REQUEST) and ($req_name eq "NULL")) {
             # this request had a duplicate request name yet the parser didn't give
@@ -220,5 +222,5 @@
 
                     # add line to the table definition file
-                    print $tdf "$rownum|$fault|$img_name|$job_id|";
+                    print $tdf "$rownum|$fault|$error_string|$img_name|$job_id|";
 
                     # ra_deg and dec_deg are the coordinates of center of the stamp
@@ -241,5 +243,5 @@
             } else {
                 print STDERR "no reglist file for job $job_id\n" if $verbose;
-                print $tdf "$rownum|$fault|0|$job_id|";
+                print $tdf "$rownum|$fault|$error_string|0|$job_id|";
                 print $tdf "0|0|";       # center of (non-existent) stamp
                 print $tdf "$exp_info|";
Index: trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_results_file.pl
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--- trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_results_file.pl	(revision 28043)
+++ trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_results_file.pl	(revision 28046)
@@ -54,4 +54,6 @@
         # error code from processing this image
         { name => 'ERROR_CODE',type => 'V',  writetype => TULONG }, 
+        # error string correspoding to ERROR_CODE
+        { name => 'ERROR_STR',type => '16A', writetype => TSTRING }, 
         # name of the postage stamp image
         { name => 'IMG_NAME', type => '64A', writetype => TSTRING },