HP 3000 Manuals

HP ALLBASE/4GL Developer Reference Manual Vol. 1

File Record Buffer Referencing 

You can reference the entire contents of a file record buffer using the
file name, prefixed by R-.

You must follow this reference with one of the following to define the
file reference:

   *   file_id 

   *   file_id.record_name 

where file_id is the HP ALLBASE/4GL name for the file and record_name is
a record layout defined for the file.  The record_name term is not
required for reference to buffers for HP ALLBASE/SQL tables or HP
ALLBASE/SQL select lists.

If you don't specify a record layout name in a reference to a serial data
file buffer, KSAM data file buffer, or HP TurboIMAGE/iX data set buffer,
HP ALLBASE/4GL uses the default record layout for the file.

You cannot use substrings in file record buffer references.

File record buffer references are only valid in the logic commands MOVE,
EXTERNAL, and DM IMAGE *LOCK.

Format 

     R-file_ref 

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