LIST-ITEM

Outputs the attributes of the specified items, displaying each attribute on a separate line preceded by a line number.

Unless otherwise specified in sort criteria, LIST-ITEM displays the items in the sequence in which they are stored in the file.

Syntax

LIST-ITEM file-specifier{item-list} {selection-criteria} {USING file-specifier} {sort-criteria}{format-specification}{macro-call} {(options}

Refer to Sentence Structure for descriptions of these parameters.

Special Options

F Starts a new page for each item.

SORT-ITEM

Use SORT-ITEM if you need the items sorted.

Comments

Conversions codes in the dictionary are not applied to the data.

Examples

:LIST-ITEM GUESTS '117'

PAGE   1                      16:30:22 11 FEB 1994
    117
001 7183F2               Arrival Date
002 Rizzo                Last Name
003 Loretta              First Name
004 10 Webster St.       Address
005 Harrington           City
006 TX                   State
007 56634                ZIP Code
008 USA                  Country
009 V                    Payment Code
010 2]6]18               Bill Codes
011 7184]7187]7187       Bill Dates
012 62.00]17.95]18.76    Bill Amounts

In this example, which has an item-list, the information in italics shows the layout of the items in the GUESTS file. Attribute 10 is a controlling attribute. Attributes 11 and 12 are multi-valued dependent attributes and their values have a one-to-one relation to attribute 10.

The example below uses a selection criterion:

:LIST-ITEM GUESTS WITH ROOM > "199"

PAGE   1                      16:38:22 11 FEB 1994
    401
001 7184
002 Palmer
003 Sharon R.
004 39 Chalmers St.
005 Atlanta
006 GA
007 34478
008 USA
009 C
010 2]6]2]6
011 7184]7186]7190]7191
012 56]19]56]18.25
    318
001 7182
002 Petrillo
 .    .
PAGE   6                      16:38:22 11 FEB 1994
    365
001 7186
002 Ferguson
003 Marilyn T.
004 101 Devon St.
005 Weston-Super-Mare
006 Somerset
007 SW3 9XY
008 England
009 C
010 2]15]13
011 7188]7188]7188
012 56]23.98]17.95