Enumerate the steps required for addition of a record when an index file uses external hashing as specified in the text.

What will be an ideal response?


a. Add the data record to the data file,
b. keep track of the number of the block that contains the new data record = p
c. Use the search key from the data record in the hash function, i =h(searchKey)
d. Add index record into the index file at block i

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