The START statement establishes the logical position of the Next Record
Pointer in an indexed or relative file. The logical position affects
subsequent sequential record retrieval.
Format -
[ { IS EQUAL TO } ]
[ { IS = } ]
[ { IS GREATER THAN } ]
START file-name [ KEY { IS > } key-data ]
[ { IS NOT LESS THAN } ]
[ { IS NOT < } ]
[ { IS GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO } ]
[ { IS >= } ]
[ { IS LESS THAN } ]
[ { IS < } ]
[ { IS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO } ]
[ { IS <= } ]
[ { IS NOT GREATER THAN } ]
[ { IS NOT > } ]
[ REGARDLESS OF LOCK ]
[ { UPDATERS } ]
[ ALLOWING { READERS } ]
[ { NO OTHERS } ]
[ INVALID KEY stment ] [ NOT INVALID KEY stment ]
[ END-START ]
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