Specifies whether the catalogued file information for a file is used when accessing that file. 
  
 
    Syntax:
 
       
      >>-.---.--.----.-FCDCAT-----><
   +-/-+  +-NO-+
 
     
 
    
 
    Properties:
 
       
       
      
 
           
           
           
             
              | Default: 
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              FCDCAT for mainframe dialects; NOFCDCAT for non-mainframe dialects 
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              | Phase: 
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              Syntax check 
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              | $SET: 
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              Any 
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    Comments:
 
       
       To enable this behavior for an individual file, use a $SET statement in your source code before the file's SELECT statement.