
JOIN
Denes
the
comp ound
data
set
used
for
m
ultiple
data
set
retriev
al.
Syntax
J
2
OIN
3
data
item
e
quivalenc
e
2
, data
item
e
quivalenc
e
3
.
.
.
2
; data
set
e
quivalenc
e
2
, data
set
e
quivalenc
e
3
.
.
.
32
END
3
P
arameters
data
item
e
quivalenc
e
has
the
form:
[ data
b
ase
name: ]
data
set
name.
data
item
name
[( subscript )]
[@]
TO
[@]
[ data
b
ase
name: ]
data
set
name.
data
item
name
[( subscript )]
data
b
ase
name
is
the
name
of
a
data
base
sp ecied
in
either
the
DEFINE,
D
A
T
A-BASE=,
or
MUL
TIDB
command.
data
set
name
is
the
name
of
a
data
set
that
is
to
b e
included
in
the
comp ound
data
set
b eing
sp ecied.
If
data
b
ase
name
is
used,
the
data
set
m
ust
b elong
to
that
data
base.
data
item
name
is
the
name
of
the
data
item
that
links
the
joined
data
sets
together.
The
data
item
m
ust
b elong
to
the
sp ecied
data
set.
subscript
is
a
n
um
b er
used
to
indicate
whic
h
sub-item
y
ou
w
an
t
to
join.
Subscript
m
ust
b e
an
in
teger
>=
1
and
<=
the
n
um
b er
of
sub-items
dened
for
the
comp ound
item.
QUER
Y
will
default
to
the
rst
sub-item
if
no
subscript
is
sp ecied.
@
means
\preserv
e
all
v
alues
of"
the
data
set
asso
ciated
with
the
@
sign.
This
parameter
is
explained
in
detail
later
in
\Using
the
@
P
arameter".
data
set
e
quivalenc
e
has
the
form:
dummy
data
set
name
=
data
set
name
dummy
data
set
name
is
a
temp orary
name
for
the
data
set
named
on
the
right
side
of
the
data
set
equiv
alence.
A
dumm
y
data
set
cannot
b e
a
legal
data
set
name
in
an
y
op en
data
base.
END
may
b e
used
to
end
a
JOIN
command.
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