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INVALID KEY/NOT INVALID KEY

You must specify the INVALID KEY phrase for files for which an applicable EXCEPTION/ERROR procedure is not specified.

After processing of a DELETE statement for which a NOT INVALID KEY phrase has been specified, control transfers to imperative-statement-2.

For files in sequential access mode, the INVALID KEY and NOT INVALID KEY phrases must not be specified; however, an EXCEPTION/ERROR procedure may be specified.

For files in random or dynamic access mode, the results of DELETE statement execution depend on whether the file organization is indexed or relative:

For files in random or dynamic access mode, both the INVALID KEY phrase and the EXCEPTION/ERROR procedure may be omitted.

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