Data Definition Language (DDL) Reference Manual (G06.24+)

Dictionary Database Structure
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Object Text File
Object Text File
DICTOTF contains one record for each text item entered into the dictionary. Text items
can have one of the following five types:
For more information about text types, see Text Items on page D-2.
For the sample dictionary shown in Figure D-1 on page D-45, DICTOTF contains the
following values:
Record Definition File
DICTRDF has one record for each record in the dictionary containing the record's
object number, definition number, and file information.
2 2 standard-
price
34N
23location5 Y
24san-
francisco
6N
Code Meaning
N ASCII representation of a number
K Keyword in a MUST BE or VALUE clause
S ASCII character string
E Enumeration value name
J National string
IDENTIFIER.TE
XT-ID
IDENTIFIER.LINE-
NUMBER TEXT-TYPE TEXT-LEN TEXT-LINE
10 S5X (18)
20 S9Part/Name
30 N3999
40 K3ALL
41 K6ZEROES
5 0 S 3 XXX
60 S3SFO
IDENTIFIER.
OBJECT
IDENTIFIER.E
LEMENT
LOCAL-
NAME
PICTURE-
TEXT
HEADING-
TEXT
VALUE-
TEXT UPSHIFT