Data Definition Language (DDL) Reference Manual

DDL Compiler Commands

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SECTION

The SECTION command names a section of a DDL schema (without affecting the

section headings in host-language source code files).

section-name

is the name of a section.

A section is defined as all the source lines following a SECTION command, up to and

including the last line before the next SECTION command or the end of the DDL

schema.

You can divide a DDL schema into any number of sections.

You can use the SOURCE command to include selected sections of a DDL schema

file.

When specified in a SOURCE command, sections with the same name are grouped

together during compilation.

The SECTION command only names sections in a schema. You can use the

SETSECTION command to specify or suppress section names in host-language

source-code output.

The source code file in Figure 9-1

on page 9-97 has two sections: SALES-FILES and

EMPLOYEE-FILES. The EMPLOYEE-FILES section is made up of two portions of the

schema separated by the SALES-FILES section.

Example 9-48. SAVE Command

44> DDL

!?ERRORS 1

!?NOSAVE

!?DICT $data.sales

First line of DDL schema

...

Body of DDL schema

!?SAVE

!EXIT

Last line of DDL schema

SECTION section-name