Data Definition Language (DDL) Reference Manual

Definition Attributes
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UPSHIFT
UPSHIFT
The UPSHIFT clause upshifts ASCII characters entered in the field.
Requesters generated by the Pathmaker product translate lowercase characters
entered in this field to uppercase characters; user-written programs must be coded to
enforce UPSHIFT.
You cannot use the UPSHIFT clause for numeric or computational fields. If a definition
or description for such a field contains UPSHIFT, the DDL compiler sends an error
message and does not enter the definition or record in the dictionary.
UPSHIFT can be associated only with elementary items in RECORD or DEFINITION
statements.
A field can have a MUST BE clause and an UPSHIFT clause. If these clauses are
used together, the MUST BE string must be upshifted.
A field can have both a VALUE clause and an UPSHIFT clause. If these clauses are
used together, you must specify any alphabetic characters in the VALUE clause as
uppercase.
An UPSHIFT clause cannot be specified in a definition or record that includes the
REDEFINES clause.
If a definition refers to a definition that includes the UPSHIFT clause, the referring
definition inherits the UPSHIFT attribute.
You cannot specify the upshift clause for a national data item.
UPSHIFT
Example 6-58. UPSHIFT Clause
DEF name.
02 first PIC X(20)
UPSHIFT .
02 middle PIC X(15)
UPSHIFT .
02 last PIC X(20)
UPSHIFT .
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