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[rakshith]

Hi all,

I have a question on key field (sequence-number).

01 KEY.
05 CODE1 PIC X(02).
05 CODE2 PIC X(02).
05 SEQ-NUMBER PIC 9(03).

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procedure division.

EXEC CICS STARTBR
FILE ('file')
RIDFLD (key)
KEYLENGTH (LENGTH OF KEY)
GTEQ
RESP (WS-RESPONSE)
END-EXEC

here our people are insisting me to use Seq number in the key field, I donot know in what way it will be usefull,

I just want to know whether it is mandatory to use sequence number while doing browsing of VSAM dataset in CICS ?

If yes in what way it is useful ?

is this field will be automatically increment ?

please clarify my doubt.

thanks in advance.
rakshith.

[Hema_Manyam]

Hi,
The STARTBR command establishes the position within the file but does not retrieve a record. Here based on key value, position is set in the file. So it depends on your requirement

HTH
Hema