Additional CA IDMS/DB Facilities › Retrieving Stand-alone Records › What You Can Do

What You Can Do

You can retrieve record occurrences that do not participate in defined paths, as well as path-related records, by calling or branching to the DB-EXIT facility in type 7 logic.

How to Do It

To use the DB-EXIT facility, code:

1. A dummy PATH parameter (PATH--) with:
   • One or more database records
   • One or more logical records
2. A STOP-RUN command on a type 7 parameter if the only paths coded for the run are dummy paths.
3. A CALL or BRANCH to the DB-EXIT facility on a type 7 parameter

   A branch to DB-EXIT is preceded by a series of logic statements that move values to the DB-EXIT arguments.

4. IDMS-STATUS and LR-STATUS value checking in procedure logic statements after each DB-EXIT call.