CA Dynam for VSE User Guide

DYNCAT Commands
7. This informs the Catalog that the actual location of 'FIXED.FILE' has
changed and now begins on volser SYSRES at track 1938 for 57 tracks.
8, 9, 10. This sets the vault scheme for the first 14 versions of the dataset
VAULT.DSN.
Modifying Sort Key Records
The sort key records are used in conjunction with CA Dynam/FI. For more
information, see the chapter "Controlling File Independence." When modifying
the characteristics of sort key entries, the following operands apply to the
ALTER command.
The format of the command is shown below.
ALTER SKNAME='skname' FIELDS=(nnnn,nnnn,format, {A|D }....)
[ FORMAT= {CH|BI|ZD|PD|FI|FL|CSL|CTO|CST|CLO|AQ } ]
[ RECFM= {F|V } ]
SKNAME='skname'
Required positional parameter. Specifies the sort key record which is to be
altered. This parameter is mutually exclusive with the 'data set name' and
volser parameters. Valid entry is:
1- to 8-character sort key name enclosed in apostrophes.
FIELDS= FIELDS=(s1,l1,t1,m1,s2,l2,t2,m2,. . .)
Required parameter. Specifies the control field information for the sort key
record defined by the SKNAME parameter. Valid entries:
sn
ln
tn
mn
Control field position relative to the start of the record
Control field length
Control field data type (same as FORMAT operand)
A for ascending, or D for descending sequence mode
FORMAT=
Optional parameter which specifies the format of the data in the sort key
field(s) defined by the SKNAME= parameter. These are the valid data types
acceptable to CA SRAM:
CH
BI
ZD
Character
Binary
Zoned Decimal
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