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Procedure to create or update unique secondary keys of internal tables. After an insertion operation using INSERT or APPEND, a modifying operating using MODIFY, or a block operation in which the whole table body is filled in one go, unique secondary table keys are updated immediately. See also delayed update and lazy update.