File-control paragraph for the indexed files, COBOL Programming

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FILE-CONTROL paragraph for the indexed files:

The common format for the SELECT clause for a file is as shown below:

SELECT  file-name  ASSIGN   TO  implementor -name

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The ORGANIZATION clause specifies that the file is an indexed file. The RECORD KEY clause indicates the record key data item on the basis of which the file is sequenced. The field that is specified in the RECORD KEY clause (data-name-1) is also termed as the primary key. Whereas the files are stored on the basis of the prime key, that is the records of an alternative key.


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