These command codes should not be used with DL/I calls. They are used by JDBC with Open
Database to provide results comparable to relational.
The JDBC driver uses the new command codes when converting a JDBC call to a DL/I call.
This is done so that the JDBC call returns the same results with an IMS database that it
returns with a relational database. Without these command codes, a search on a range of
root segment keys is done with logic that assumes the roots are in key sequence. A call
qualified on a range of root segment keys attempts to begin the search with the key at the
bottom of the range.
For example, a search for roots with keys >= 1000 and <= 2000 begins by using the partition
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