index associated space

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Contrary to the restrictions on writing to the PGAS, an MI pgm can write 
directly to the associated space of an index ( INAS ).

I use the following code to write to the INAS:
DCL SYSPTR  spIdx AUTO ;
DCL SPCPTR  pInas AUTO :
DCL DD Inas CHAR(2000) BAS(pInas) ;
SETSPPFP pInas, spIdx ;
CPYBLA Inas, 'data to write to associated space of the index' ;

I intend to store the rcdfmt and key definition of the index in the associated 
space.  A generic cmd like CPYUSRIDX or PRTUSRIDX cmd will then be able to 
access the fields of the index.

Any problems with this?  It works at security level 40.

Since this unaudited access to the INAS is allowed while unaudited access to 
the PGAS is not, is this an indication that OS400 does not use the INAS of its 
indexes?

Regards to all,

Steve Richter


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