STORE

Store a record to an ISAM file

WSupported on Windows

USupported on Unix

VSupported on OpenVMS

NSupported in Synergy .NET

STORE(channel, data_area[, GETRFA:new_rfa][, LOCK:lock_spec]) [[error_list]]

Arguments

channel

The number of the channel on which the ISAM file is open in update mode (U:I). (n)

data_area

The variable containing the record to be added. (a)

GETRFA

(optional) Returns the record’s RFA. See GETRFA for a complete description.

LOCK

(optional) Specifies whether a manual lock is applied. Automatic locking is not supported for STORE. See LOCK for a complete description.

error_list

(optional) An I/O error list. If any one of the specified errors occurs as part of the STORE, control is transferred to the associated label.

Discussion

The STORE statement stores or adds a record to an ISAM file. This statement is used exclusively with ISAM files.

Once it is determined that the STORE is valid, the appropriate indexes are updated and the data is added. If the data area is longer than the defined maximum length of a record in the ISAM file, an “Invalid record size” error ($ERR_IRCSIZ) occurs and no data is transferred to the file.

On a STORE operation, all indexes have the new record’s key values inserted, unless a key is null according to the definition of the key. See ISAMC. STORE ensures that new key values are unique for keys that don’t allow duplicates. If a duplicate key is encountered, a “Duplicate key specified” error ($ERR_NODUPS) occurs.

STORE does not change the sequential context of the file for this channel. A READS following a STORE returns the record following the last READ or FIND. By default, the newly inserted record is not locked after the STORE.

Caching records to improve performance with xfServer

To improve output performance, especially when multiple records are being stored at a time, you can enable buffering by opening the file with the OPTIONS=/bufstore option. This can improve performance considerably.

See also

Input and output statement qualifiers

Examples

The following subroutine gets new client information and stores it in an ISAM file.

subroutine getinfo
    a_sts               ,d1     ;Returned with TRUE (successful),
                                ;or FALSE (error)
record customer
    last_name           ,a20
    first_name          ,a20
    crdt_limit          ,a6
    crdt_type           ,a2
proc
    a_sts = %true
    display(TTCHN, $scr_clr(screen), $scr_pos(5, 10),"Last name: ")
    reads(TTCHN, last_name, done)
    display(TTCHN, $scr_pos(7, 10), "First name: ")
    reads(TTCHN, first_name, done)
    display(TTCHN, $scr_pos(9, 10), "Credit limit: ")
    reads(TTCHN, crdt_limit, done)
    display(TTCHN, $scr_pos(11, 10), "Credit type: ")
    reads(TTCHN, crdt_type, done)
    store(ISMCHN, customer)
    xreturn
done,
    a_sts = %false
    xreturn
endsubroutine