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Q: What are the two types of fields available in IMS DB?

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Key Fields - (PROCOPT=K) - Used to sequence the database and can't be changed - It is the field within a segment, used to identify the occurrence of the segment - Used to maintain the IMS segments in ascending sequence.   Search Fields - (PROCOPT=G) - Used to search for a segment, without the segment being sequenced on that field - A segment need not have a key or search field.   Both types of fields can be used to search the database.

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