Summary of TBINDX commands

Table 77 is a summary of the commands available to the programmer using TBINDX. Subsequent sections provide details for command use and explanations of the various table organizations and search methods which can be accommodated.

Table 77. TBINDX commands
Command		Command description
S	Search	Search for matching row
I	Insert	Insert a row
D	Delete Direct	Delete a row directly
E	Delete Indirect	Delete a row indirectly
U	Update	Search and insert (if not found)
R	Remove	Search and delete (if found)
P	Put Direct	Replace in table
Q	Put Indirect	Replace in table
T	Take Direct	Retrieve from table
V	Take Indirect	Retrieve from table
F	Fetch	Search and take (if found)
G	Generate tag table	Create an index (tag) table
H	Hash in place	ORG must = ‘H’
A	Arrange	Sort physically

The commands are described in detail in the following section (see Command descriptions). Field names (e.g., ROW_WA, SUBSCRIPT, etc.), are described in following sections:

TBINDX parameters
Calling TBINDX from COBOL
Table definition parameter description