What is an area sweep and when is it used in idms?



What is an area sweep and when is it used in idms?..

Answer / sudhakar

Area sweep - Obtain all record occurrences of the record in that area.
obtain first record within area
perform until DB-END-OF-AREA
obtain next record within area
end-perform.

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