Data Definition Language (DDL) Reference Manual

DDL Compiler Commands
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TAL
TAL
The [NO]TAL command:
•
Opens [closes] a pTAL or TAL source code file
•
Starts [stops] writing translated DDL object definitions to the pTAL or TAL source
code file
Default: NOTAL
TAL
closes any open pTAL or TAL source code file, opens tal-source-file,
translates subsequent DDL objects defined by statements or specified in OUTPUT
statements to pTAL or TAL source code statements, and writes the pTAL or TAL
source code statements to tal-source-file.
tal-source-file
is the name of the pTAL or TAL source code file to be created, if necessary, and
opened. The file must be one of:
•
EDIT file
•
Unstructured file
•
Sequential device (such as a terminal, spooler, or process)
If the file exists but is not one of these types, the DDL compiler issues an error
message and does not open the file.
If tal-source-file is an EDIT file, and it exceeds 99,999 lines, the DDL
compiler issues FILE ERROR -
filename - Edit file line number too large (537) on
page A-18.
Default: home terminal
!
purges the contents of tal-source-file before opening it, if it exists. If
tal-source-file does not exist, the exclamation point has no effect.
Without the exclamation point, the DDL compiler appends the new pTAL or TAL
source code statements to the end of tal-source-file.
NOTAL
closes any open pTAL or TAL source code file and stops translating DDL object
definitions to TACL source code statements.
{ TAL [ tal-source-file [ ! ] }
{ NOTAL }