A distributed file's data can be accessed in a buffered or non-buffered way. This buffering of records is in addition to other buffering, like SEQONLY processing.
The Override with Database File (OVRDBF) command has a new parameter called distributed data (DSTDTA) that has three values:
The remainder of this section describes the open considerations when distributed data processing is overridden and when it is not overridden.
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