ASSIGN

Specifies how to assign a filename when neither EXTERNAL nor DYNAMIC appear in the SELECT statement.

Syntax:
>>-.---.--ASSIGN--"assign-type"------------><
   +-/-+
Parameters:
assign-type EXTERNAL or DYNAMIC. Defines the method.
Properties:
Default: ASSIGN"DYNAMIC" (DIALECT DIALECT
Phase: Syntax check
$SET: Any
Comments:

For more details, see the section Assigning Filenames in the chapter Filenames of your File Handling book.

For any indexed files or for all files if the program is compiled using the CALLFH directive, filename mapping overrides any syntax definition or use of the ASSIGN directive.

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