READ Verb - BBjREAD Verb - BBjFor this topic's original documentation, see the READ Verb.
Field Terminators
PRO/5 refers to the current STBL ("!TERMS") setting when reading fields from a string file. BBj always uses the standard terminators when reading fields from any file, including string files.
Because JKEYED files work with true variable-length records, a READ RECORD from a JKEYED file reads exactly the number of characters that were originally written. The record is not padded to the maximum defined length with $00$ characters.
Note:
When EXTRACT is used with a JKEYED transaction (not a JKEYED auto commit channel), the record will stay locked until the transaction is committed or rolled back. Extracted records can be read by other users who are using auto commit JKEYED channels. The SETOPTS bits for advisory locking have no affect on JKEYED files.
VKEYED Behavior
In BBj 6.0 and higher, because VKEYED files support named key chains, the KNUM option can specify either a key number (e.g.: KNUM=0) or a key name (e.g.: KNUM="zipcode").
See Also
PROCESS_EVENTS Verb - Continually Process Events/Call Registered Callback Routine