Dictionary/3000 Reference Manual (32244-90001)

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DICTDBM Commands

Create

For type I, J, and k, the largest value is 29 digits.

For type E and R, the largest value is 27 digits without a decimal and 28

digits with a decimal.

For type X and U, the largest value is 9999 digits.

STORAGE

LENGTH (n) The system calculates the storage length in bytes and displays it as “n”. An

over-ride value may be entered (1 to 9999), otherwise “n” is used.

SYNCHRONIZED

(N/Y)? This prompt generates data that will be used by the DICTCDE utility.

Enter Y or Yes to align data elements in order to facilitate arithmetic

operations. DEFAULT is No.

TYPE If the subcommand is:

ELEMENT - enter one of the following values:

U upper case ASCII

X upper or lower case ASCII

9 numeric ASCII

Z zoned decimal

P packed decimal

I integer binary

J integer binary (COBOL)

K logical

R ﬂoating point (commercial)

E ﬂoating point (E format)

B boolean (PASCAL)

S string (PASCAL)

* back reference to an existing

element (PASCAL)

If the type is numeric, a plus character (+) may immediately follow it to

indicate that the data element can have only positive values. If a plus

character is entered with a type other than numeric, it is ignored. Pressing

[[RETURN]] in response to this prompt indicates that the data element

does not have a type assigned.

FILE - enter one of the following values:

BASE IMAGE database

MAST IMAGE manual master data set

AUTO IMAGE automatic master data set

DETL IMAGE detail data set