Data Definition Language (DDL) Reference Manual

DDL Compiler Commands

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COLUMNS

The COLUMNS command specifies the number of significant columns (character

positions) on DDL input lines.

num

is an integer from 12 through 132 that specifies the number of significant columns

(character positions) on DDL input lines.

Default: 132

Changing the value of COLUMNS also changes the maximum string length for DDL.

COMMENTS

The [NO]COMMENTS command includes [excludes] subsequent user-defined

dictionary comments in [from] the open dictionary.

Default: NOCOMMENTS

COMMENTS

includes subsequent user-defined dictionary comments in the open dictionary.

NOCOMMENTS

excludes subsequent user-defined dictionary comments from the open dictionary.

After comments have been stored in the dictionary, they can be selectively passed to

any open DDL, REPORT, or host-language source code files with the CLISTOUT

command.

The comments associated with an object can be more than one line long.

Any comments that immediately precede the definition of an object are associated with

that object.

Any comments that immediately precede the definition of an element in a group

definition or record are associated with that element.

For more information on comments, see CLISTOUT

on page 9-21, and Comments on

page 2-12.

COLUMNS num

[NO]COMMENTS