If you specify the file level keyword INDARA in the DDS, all indicators defined in the record format or formats for that file are passed to and from your ILE COBOL program in a separate indicator area, not in the record area. For information on how to specify the INDARA keyword, refer to the Database and File Systems category in the iSeries 400 Information Center at this Web site -http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/pubs/html/as400/infocenter.htm.
The file control entry for a file that has INDARA specified in its DDS must have the separate indicator area attribute, SI, as part of the assignment-name. For example, the assignment for a file named DSPFILE is as follows:
FILE-CONTROL. SELECT DISPFILE ASSIGN TO WORKSTATION-DSPFILE-SI ORGANIZATION IS TRANSACTION ACCESS IS SEQUENTIAL.
The advantages of using a separate indicator area are:
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