Extract Utility User's Guide - Supra - Cincom

SECONDARY-KEY(secondary-key)RestrictionsDescriptionFormatConsiderations♦♦You can use this statement only after a QUALIFIER statement.After QUALIFIER(INDEX), SECONDARY-KEY is required. After all other valuesof QUALIFIER, SECONDARY-KEY is invalid.Determines the secondary key to use during indexed access to a file.ffffSKxx, where ffff is a primary or related file for which the named secondarykey has been defined and populated.♦♦If you code the SECONDARY-KEY statement, you must put it before anyRECORD statement.It is subordinate to the Qualifier statementCRITERIA (element1[,element2,...,elementn].operator.datavalue1[.datavalue2...datavaluen]END.)RestrictionsDescriptionConsiderations♦You can use this statement only after a QUALIFIER statement.Optional. Establishes an argument string to select the records you wantextracted.♦♦You can code any number of spaces before the element list, after END.,and on either side of the separating commas.If you do not code END., the function considers the rest of the program asdata. This is often an input coding error.Format for elementOne or more alphanumeric 8-character element names. You must make thefirst character in each name alphabetic and separate the names with commas.The rules for coding values of the KEY parameter (see above) apply to thisvalue.Extract Utility User's Guide, P25-9513-03 41Chapter: 5. Coding the Extract functionSection: Coding the UCL for the Extract function