rse Is a record selection expression that forms the record stream that controls the number of times DEC DATATRIEVE executes the statement and controls the single-record context for the statement. statement Is either a simple or a compound statement you want DEC DATATRIEVE to execute once for each record in the record stream formed by the RSE. You can form compound DEC DATATRIEVE statements with the BEGIN-END, IF-THEN-ELSE, and THEN statements, which are described in this chapter.