SAME RECORD AREA clause
The SAME RECORD AREA clause specifies that two or more files are to use the same main storage area for processing the current logical record.
The files named in a SAME RECORD AREA clause need not have the same organization or access.
- file-name-3 , file-name-4
- Must be specified in the file-control paragraph of the same program. file-name-3 and file-name-4 must not reference a file that is defined with the EXTERNAL clause.
All of the files can be opened at the same time. A logical record in the shared storage area is considered to be both of the following ones:
- A logical record of each opened output file in the SAME RECORD AREA clause
- A logical record of the most recently read input file in the SAME RECORD AREA clause
More than one SAME RECORD AREA clause can be included in a program. However:
- A specific file-name must not appear in more than one SAME RECORD AREA clause.
- If one or more file-names of a SAME AREA clause appear in a SAME RECORD AREA clause, all the file-names in that SAME AREA clause must appear in that SAME RECORD AREA clause. However, the SAME RECORD AREA clause can contain additional file-names that do not appear in the SAME AREA clause.
- The rule that in the SAME AREA clause only one file can be open at one time takes precedence over the SAME RECORD AREA rule that all the files can be open at the same time.
- If the SAME RECORD AREA clause is specified for several files, the record description entries or the file description entries for these files must not include the GLOBAL clause.
- The SAME RECORD AREA clause must not be specified when the RECORD CONTAINS 0 CHARACTERS clause is specified.
The files named in the SAME RECORD AREA clause need not have the same organization or access.