Specifies how to assign a filename when neither EXTERNAL nor DYNAMIC appear in the SELECT statement.
Syntax:
>>-.---.--ASSIGN--"assign-type"------------><
+-/-+
Parameters:
-
assign-type
- Must be one of:
| EXTERNAL
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The ASSIGN clause contains a data name or literal that specifies the file's name in the external file-storage environment.
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| DYNAMIC
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the ASSIGN clause contains an external-file-reference that specifies the file to the external environment for possible further
mapping to an external file-storage environment-name.
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Properties:
| Default:
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ASSIGN"DYNAMIC"
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| Phase:
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Syntax check
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| $SET:
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Any
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Comments:
For any indexed files, or for all files if the program is compiled using the CALLFH directive, filename mapping overrides any syntax definition or use of the ASSIGN directive.