IBM S544-5285-01 manual Field n ,FIELDn, Ddname, 16FIELDn

Note: If one or more TRIGGERn parameters is specified (that is, ACIF wi index the file), atINDEXnleast parameterone must be specified, and

that index must be comprised ofFIELDnat leastparameterone value

that is not a literal. ACIF reports an error condition and ter processing if this rule is not satisfied.

‘attribute	name’
Specifies a user-defined attribute name to						be	associated			with
index value. For example, INDEX1assume is a person's bank								account
number. The string 'account number' would be						a meaningful			attribute
name. The	value	INDEX1of	would be	the	account	number		(for example,
1234567). Think of the			attribute	name	as a	label		for	the	actual
The attribute		name is	an EBCDIC	character		string	from		1–250	bytes

length. ACIF does not perform any validity checking on the contents

attribute		name.
FIELD n [,FIELDn...]
Specifies		one orFIELDnmore parameters that compose the index						value.
maximum	of	16FIELDn	parameters can	be	specified.	If	more	than	o
FIELDn	parameter		is specified,	ACIF	concatenates	them	into	one	p

string of data. No delimiters are used between the concatenated Because an index value has a maximum length of 250 bytes, the t

specifiedFIELDn parameters for a single index cannot exceed this ACIF reports an error condition and terminates processing if this

EXAMPLE

FIELD1='1234567'

FIELD2=ð,1ð,2ð

FIELD3=ð,25,2ð

INDEX1='Patent Number',FIELD1

INDEX2='Employee Name',FIELD2,FIELD3

This example specifies that the first index tag is made up of character string ‘1234567’, while the other two index tags are m fields within the file records.

FIELD1='123456'

FIELD2='444556677'

INDEX1='Account Number',FIELD1

INDEX2='Social Security Number',FIELD2

This	example		specifies both index tags as literal values. The en
be	indexed		using	these	two	values. The		resulting index object f
only	one	record.
INDEXDD=INDEX		ddname		(OS/390,	MVS,	and	VM)
Specifies		the	DDname	for the index			object	file. The DDname is a

character string containing only those alphanumeric characters supporte operating environment. When ACIF is indexing the file, it writes inde

information

to

this

DDnameINDEXDD. If

is not

specified,

ACIF

uses

INDEX as

the

default

DDname.

The

following

are

suggested

DCB

characteristics

file:

Ÿ

A

block

size of

32 760

Ÿ

A

maximum

record

length

of

32 756

If a record length other than 32756 is specified, it

is possib

produce

a

record of

length

greater than that which is

allowed

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