OPENINDEX

The OPENINDEX statement is used to open a particular index definition for a particular file. This index file variable can later be used with the SELECT statement.

COMMAND SYNTAX

OPENINDEX filename,indexname TO indexvar {SETTING setvar} THEN|ELSE statements

SYNTAX ELEMENTS

filename should correspond to a valid file which has at least one index.
indexname should correspond to an index created for the filename.
indexvar is the variable that holds the descriptor for the index.

If the OPEN statement fails it will execute any statements associated with an ELSE clause. If the OPEN is successful it will execute any statements associated with a THEN clause. Note that the syntax requires either one or both of the THEN and ELSE clauses.

If the SETTING clause is specified and the open fails, setvar will be set to one of the following values:

Incremental File Errors

EXAMPLES

OPENINDEX "CUSTOMER","IXLASTNAME" TO custlastname.ix SETTING errval ELSE
   CRT "OPENINDEX failed for file CUSTOMER, index IXLASTNAME"
   ABORT
END

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