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

What exactly does this mean?

Environment

Release : All supported releases.

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