BEG AT / END AT Statements

Overview

• RAW operand:
  • No change from the current behavior.
• Group operand:
  • No change from the current behavior.
• UNICODE or NATIONAL operand:
  • No change from the current behavior.
  • Must allow for length to be longer.
• Literal operand:
  • All literal values are considered to be RAW alpha values and encoding of 8859-15.
  • Unicode escape sequences are NOT honored.
  • Literal values CANNOT be used to specify the range of records to read when the corresponding key field is a UNICODE or NATIONAL alpha field.

Test Plan

• Test with Raw operands
• Test with Group operands
• Test with UNICODE and NATIONAL operands
• Test literal operands with Raw keys
• Test literal operands with National/Unicode keys (should be error)

Bugs

1. Errors not not thrown when literals are used with Unicode/National keys
2. Records not read when using a group field that includes Unicode characters.