ILE COBOL Language Reference

Dynamic Access Mode

For files with indexed or relative organization, dynamic access mode may be specified in the FILE-CONTROL entry. In dynamic access mode, either sequential or random record retrieval can be used, depending on the format used.

Format 2 with the NEXT phrase must be specified for sequential retrieval. All other rules for sequential access apply.

Format 3 must be specified for random retrieval. All other rules for random access apply.


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