This keyword causes Adabas Pre-Compiler to generate Command-id of spaces in the Control-block. This means that the commands using this declaration do not use the Command-id. It is recommended to use this option when using a variable index for periodic group or multiple value, because the format buffer is changed for every command. Without the NOCID, Adabas Pre-Compiler generates a RELEASE Command-id statement before every execution command with a variable index.

Another case where NOCID can be used is when you make a FIND command just for the quantity of records found, without reading the records, and without keeping the ISN list. In that case, Adabas does not generate an ISN list, therefore there is no need for releasing the list and no I/O’s will be done on the WORK data-set.