Mention the option used in the CICS READ command to gain
accessibility directly to the file I/O area.

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Mention the option used in the CICS READ command to gain accessibility directly to the file I/O ar..

Answer / rijith.k

SET ADDRESS is the option.. correct me if i am wrong

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Mention the option used in the CICS READ command to gain accessibility directly to the file I/O ar..

Answer / nabarun

To gain control directly to the file I/O area we can
declare declare an area in the linkage section as bellow:

eg:
....
LINKAGE SECTION
01 LK-FILE-IOAREA.
02 LK-REC.
03 LK-REC-NAME PIC X(10).
03 LK-REC-ID PIC 9(3).
........
........
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
......
.......
EXEC CICS READ
DATASET('DATASET.TOBE.READ')
SET(ADDRESS OF LK-FILE-IOAREA)
RIDFLD(KEYS)
LENGTH(LEN)
END-EXEC.
......
......

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