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CalcObject Statement: Rewrite

Version 7.11

CalcObject Statement: Rewrite

    Syntax: REWRITE <table-name> <descriptor1> <descriptor2> ...
      <descriptorN> is:
         1) <field-name1>[<modifier>]
         2) <field-name1> <op> <field-name2>[<modifier>]
         3) <field-name1> <op> <local-var-name>[<modifier>]
         4) <field-name1> <op> <global-var-name>
         5) <field-name1> <op> <literal>
         6) <field-name1> = null
      <op> is:
         =      - Absolute reassignment; or
         BY     - Incremental update
 
    Placement: RETURN section, EVERY section, ATEND section or R_INITIAL section
 
    Description: Modifies an existing record in <table-name> with the 
       specified contents; <table-name> must be either a part
       of the hierarchy that is being processed; or it must have been   
       created with a previous WRITE statement.
 
       Form 1)
          <field-name1>[<modifier>]
       is equivalent to
          <field-name1> = <field-name1>[<modifier>]
 
       For forms 4) and 5), if <field-name1> is data type DATE, DATETIME,
       DATETIMEEX or TIME, the target value is assumed to be in the
       default format for its data type. However, the default format can be
       overridden by an explicit format override following the target value.

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