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BIND RECORD Statement

Before a record can be accessed, you must bind it to a specific location in variable storage by issuing a BIND RECORD function. To do this, you either:

• Code a BIND RECORD statement for each record to be accessed.
• Code a COPY IDMS SUBSCHEMA-BINDS statement. See the preceding section for more information on this statement.

The following example binds the DEPARTMENT and EMPLOYEE records to their respective locations in variable storage.

BIND DEPARTMENT.
PERFORM IDMS-STATUS.
BIND EMPLOYEE.
PERFORM IDMS-STATUS.