Data Definition Language (DDL) Reference Manual

Dictionary Database Structure
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DICTOBL (Object Build List)
Table D-7. DICTOBL (Object Build List) Fields (page 1 of 8)
Field Description
IDENTIFIER A unique identifier for each object in the dictionary,
consisting of the next two fields, OBJECT and
ELEMENT.
OBJECT The object number of the definition or record.
ELEMENT The element number of the group or field within the
object. Element numbers are assigned sequentially,
starting with 0. Element number 0 describes the
entire object.
LEVEL The level number of this element relative to the level
of the entire definition.
The first element (the object name) has a level of 0.
Subordinate groups and elementary items have
higher level values, but none greater than 49.
Although the level numbers in the schema can be
incremented by values greater than one, the DDL
compiler compresses all level values so that there is
no skipping.
This field also identifies Level 66 RENAMES and
Level 88 clauses, which have reserved level
numbers.
LOCAL-NAME A field with 30 ASCII characters, containing the
name of this element.
COMMENT-TEXT The text ID of the OTF record that contains any
comment for this element. If there is no comment
text, this field is set to 0.
VALUE-TEXT The text ID number of the OTF record that contains
the value string for this element. Values and lists of
values are represented in the OTF as sequences of
records that have one of the text types in Table D-8
on page D-32. If there is no value text, this field is set
to 0.
AS-TEXT The text ID of the OTF record that contains the
display text for level 89 items.
HEADING-TEXT The text ID of the OTF record that contains the
HEADING string for this element. The text type for
this field is S (string). If the element has no
HEADING clause, this field is set to 0.
DISPLAY-TEXT The text ID of the OTF record that contains the
DISPLAY string for this element. The text type for
this field is S (string). If the element has no DISPLAY
clause, this field is set to 0.