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VMS Help READ, Qualifiers, /KEY *Conan The Librarian |
/KEY=string
Reads a record with the key that matches the specified character
string. Binary and integer keys are not allowed. This qualifier,
when used together with the /INDEX qualifier, allows you random
access to indexed files.
Key matches are made by comparing the characters in the /KEY
string to characters in the record key.
To read records at random in an indexed file, you must specify
the /KEY qualifier. Once a record is read randomly, all
subsequent reads without the /KEY qualifier access records in
the indexed file sequentially.
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