Extract Utility User's Guide - Supra - Cincom

SELECT (f1element1[,f1element2,...,f1elementn].operator.f2element1[,f2element2,...,f2elementn]END.)RestrictionDescriptionConsiderationsYou can use this statement with an element list only if you also code theFILE(f2) statement immediately following the UCL statements for f1..Optional. Establishes an argument string for joining records from two files inthe extracted output. The names f1elementn are names of Physical Fieldsoccurring in the file identified by the FILE statement to which this SELECTstatement is subordinate. The names f2elementn are names of Physical Fieldsoccurring in the subsequent FILE statement.♦♦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.Considerations for element♦♦If you code an element name in the SELECT argument, you must also codeit in the ELEMENT statement, unless you do not code the RECORD orELEMENT statements but use the default for RECORD (ALL) and ELEMENT(ALL).If you name an element in the SELECT argument, it must be in all therecords you want extracted from the file.Extract Utility User's Guide, P25-9513-03 43Chapter: 5. Coding the Extract functionSection: Coding the UCL for the Extract function