CICS - STARTBR

STARTBR is known as start browse. The STARTBR command gets the process started. It tells the CICS from where to start reading the file.

• The FILE and RIDFLD parameters are the same as in a READ command.

• The options allowed are GTEQ and EQUAL.

• UPDATE is not allowed and file browsing is strictly a read-only operation.

Syntax

Following is the syntax of STARTBR command −

EXEC CICS STARTBR
   FILE ('name')
   RIDFLD (data-value)
   KEYLENGTH(data-value)
   GTEQ/EQUAL/GENERIC
END-EXEC.