Re: cobol array editing output

From: Judson McClendon (judmc_at_sunvaley0.com)
Date: 12/11/03 

Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 07:02:26 -0600

"Chuck Stevens" <charles.stevens@unisys.com> wrote:
>
> Index data items -- i.e., items declared USAGE IS INDEX -- are of limited
> utility, IMHO.

Yes, and even dangerous. Much better to declare additional indexes to
the same table. 

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