Data Definition Language (DDL) Reference Manual

Dictionary Database Structure
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DICTOBL (Object Build List)
DICTOBL (Object Build List)
DICTOBL, a key-sequenced file, contains one record for each element of each DDL
object (record or definition) in the dictionary. The primary key of DICTOBL is the object
number (IDENTIFIER.OBJECT) and an element number (IDENTIFIER.ELEMENT) that
identifies each element within an object. Each DICTOBL record contains most of the
information needed to describe an element: the element's name, data type, size, offset
within the object, text ID number, and other information.
For the sample dictionary in Example D-4 on page D-64, the fields of DICTOBL have
these values:
DICTOTF (Object Text File)
DICTOTF contains one record for each text item entered in the dictionary. Text items
can have one of these types:
For more information about text types, see Text Items
on page D-2.
IDENTIFIER.
OBJECT
IDENTIFIER.
ELEMENT
LOCAL-
NAME
PICTURE-
TEXT
HEADING-
TEXT
VALUE-
TEXT UPSHIFT
1 0 partname 1 2 N
20parts N
2 1 partname N
2 2 standard-
price
34N
23location5 Y
2 4 san-
francisco
6N
Code Type
N ASCII representation of a number
K Keyword in a MUST BE or VALUE clause
S ASCII character string
E Enumeration value name
J National string