Data Definition Language (DDL) Reference Manual

Definitions and Records

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File-Creation Syntax

In the statement RECORD on page 5-8, file-creation specifies either the name

or the type of the disk file that will store occurrences of the record.

file-name

is the name of a disk file that is to contain occurrences of the record defined in the

RECORD statement.

file-name can appear in more than one RECORD statement in the same

dictionary. To avoid file name conflicts:

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Select one record structure to generate FUP file-creation commands.

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Define other record structures as TEMPORARY or ASSIGNED.

TEMPORARY

specifies that the disk file that will store occurrences of the record is a temporary

file (created programmatically and purged when closed).

ASSIGNED

specifies that the record is a logical record with the same structure as one or more

physical records.

You can include the logical record definition in a program and assign the logical

record to a physical file with a TACL ASSIGN command before you run the

program.

creation-attribute

is an attribute of the disk file that will store occurrences of the record (see Creation-

Attribute Syntax on page 5-12).

FILE IS { ["]file-name["] } [ creation-attribute ] ...

{ TEMPORARY }

{ ASSIGNED }

Note. FUP output is not generated for temporary files.

Note. FUP output is not generated for assigned files.

Note. The DDL compiler ignores creation-attribute when generating TACL source

code from a RECORD statement.