Key in sequential file

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Key in sequential file

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Hi,

What is the use of key in the sequential file?
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No use at all, but it is there; kind of like an appendix.
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Post by ray.wurlod »

None, because there is no such thing.

However, the ability to mark a column, or columns, as "key" can be useful in designating the possible future use of that column, or to indicate that that column has a unique property. Marking a field as key can also to indicate to the ODBC driver for text files that it is to treat that field as if it were, in fact, a table key.
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Thanks....
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Thanks....
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