SETPTR pointer position clarification

Products

• IDMS
• IDMS - Database

Issue/Introduction

The Utilities manual is not specific in identifying which type of pointers should be included when determining the position numbers.

It says only "Do not count system-maintained pointers (for example, those for the CALC set) when calculating pointer positions."

IDMSRSTT SETPTR: https://docops.ca.com/ca-idms-ref/19/en/utilities/idmsrstt-macro-statements/idmsrstt-setptr

What exactly does this mean?

Environment

Release : All supported macros

Component : CA IDMS/DB

Resolution

Pointers that should not be included when counting pointer positions:
* CALC set pointers
* FRAGMENT pointers

Pointers that *should* be included:
* Normal chained set pointers (next, prior and owner)
* Index pointers