Data Definition Language (DDL) Reference Manual

Dictionary Database Structure
Data Definition Language (DDL) Reference Manual—529431-004
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DICTOBL (Object Build List)
ENDING The last element of the set of elements renamed by
a level 66 RENAMES clause, where this ending
element ends at the same position as the renaming
element.
TALBOUND Contains a binary value that specifies the lower limit
of pTAL or TAL arrays. Valid values are 0 and 1. The
default value for this field is 1.
NULL-VALUE The ASCII value used by the DDL compiler when
producing FUP source output for an alternate key.
NULL-VALUE-OBJECT If the null value is defined by a constant, contains the
object number of the constant; otherwise, it is 0.
SPI-NULL-VALUE Contains a user-specified SPI null value used by SPI
to process token maps.
SPI-NULL-VALUE-OBJECT If the SPI null value is defined by a constant,
contains the object number of the constant;
otherwise, it is 0.
NULL-VALUE-SPECIFIED Contains the ASCII character Y (yes) to indicate this
item has a null value or N (no) to indicate it does not.
N is the default.
SPI-NULL-VALUE-SPECIFIED Contains the ASCII character Y (yes) to indicate a
SPI null value was explicitly specified for this object
or N (no) to indicate it was not. N is the default.
UPSHIFT Contains the ASCII character Y (yes) to indicate this
data item is to be upshifted or N (no) to indicate it is
not to be upshifted. N is the default.
Only an elementary item can be upshifted. The field
must be declared as alphabetic or alphanumeric.
USER-DEFINED-FILLER Contains the ASCII character Y (yes) to indicate this
field is a user-defined FILLER field or N (no) to
indicate it is not. N is the default.
PADDED-FILLER Contains the ASCII character Y (yes) to indicate that
an SQL VARCHAR element has an odd byte length
and has an OCCURS clause associated with it;
contains N (no) to indicate that the element does not.
N is the default.
GROUP-COMP For group items; contains the ASCII character Y
(yes) to indicate the group is defined as
computational or N (no) to indicate it is not. All
elementary items within a group defined as
computational are treated as though they were
individually defined as computational. N is the
default.
Table D-7. DICTOBL (Object Build List) Fields (page 5 of 8)
Field Description