secondaryIndexItem

The secondaryIndexItem property specifies a field in an EGL DLISegmentRecord to use as a secondary key for DL/I database access.
Define the secondaryIndexItem property only in the following situations:

The EGL name might differ because the name on the host conflicts with EGL naming conventions (for example, if the name on the host begins with an @ sign) or because the EGL name is longer than the DL/I 8-character maximum. The length of the EGL field must be the same as the length of the field defined in the XDFLD statement. Typically, the primary key is used rather than the secondaryIndexItem property.

When the secondaryIndexItem property is defined, EGL uses the value of the field that is named by that property as the index for the DL/I file on the host.

Type: STRING


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