The DBDEL command deletes an LREC from a subfile , Can delete the current LREC , LREC(s) with matching KEYn combinations also can delete by supplying a LRECNBR or a LRECNBR and KEYn combination , By default deletes current LREC
Mandatory Parameters for DBDEL
REF= | FILE= (or both)
Optional parameters for DBDEL
ALG= | ORD = | FADDR = , SUFFIX=
REG=
UP|DOWN|NOORG
KEYn(R=,S=|D=|M=,L=,C=.UP|DOWN|NOORG) (n=1..6)
ERROR|ERRORA
LRECNBR
BEGIN
BEGIN : Starts from the beginning of the subfile before searching for LRECS to delete
ALL
ALL: All LRECS in the subfile will be deleted if specified , When used with the KEYn parameters deletes all matching records , If ALL records of subfile is deleted if the prime is a pool record then all the prime and overflow files will be released back to the system , If prime is fixed , it is filed to DASD and its overflows are released
