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UPDATE Directive
Update Existing Record in File
Formats
UPDATE (chan[,fileopt])varlist
Where:
chan
Channel or logical file number of the file to which to write.
Supported file options (see also, File Options, p.808):
fileopt
BSY=stmtref Traps Error #0: Record/file busy
DOM=stmtref Missing record transfer
END=stmtref END-OF-FILE transfer
ERR=stmtref Error transfer
IND=num Record index
KEY=string$ Record key
REC=name$ Record prefix (REC=VIS(string$) can also be used)
RTY=num Number of retries (one second intervals)
TIM=num Maximum time-out value in integer seconds (support
write operations for TCP channels).
stmtref
Program line number or label to transfer control to.
Comma-separated list of variables, literals, and IOL= options.
varlist
Description
The UPDATE directive is used to update an existing record to a file (logical file
number / channel). The syntax for this directive is identical to the WRITE Directive,
error if the record does not exist.
UPDATE may be used against Keyed, Memory, ODBC, and OCI files. When IND= is
used with *MEMORY*, this directive overwrites an existing index.
See Also