This entry must be blank if the LIKEFILE keyword is
specified. The Record Address Type of the parent file is used.
- Entry
- Explanation
- Blank
- Relative record numbers are used to process
the file.
Records are read consecutively.
Record address
file contains relative-record numbers.
For limits processing,
the record-address type (position 34) is the same as the type of the
file being processed.
- A
- Character keys (valid only for program-described
files specified as indexed files or as a record-address-limits file).
- P
- Packed keys (valid only for program-described
files specified as indexed files or as a record-address-limits file).
- G
- Graphic keys (valid only for program-described
files specified as indexed files or as a record-address-limits file).
- K
- Key values are used to process the file.
This entry is valid only for externally described files.
- D
- Date keys are used to process the file.
This entry is valid only for program-described files specified as
indexed files or as a record-address-limits file.
- T
- Time keys are used to process the file.
This entry is valid only for program-described files specified as
indexed files or as a record-address-limits file.
- Z
- Timestamp Keys are used to process the file.
This entry is valid only for program-described files specified as
indexed files or as a record-address-limits file.
- F
- Float Key (valid only for program-described
files specified as indexed files or as a record-address-limits file).
UCS-2 fields are not allowed as the record address type for program
described indexed files or record address files.