Re: Data Dictionary

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/iseries/v5r3/topic/books/sc415704.pdf

To: "RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 2:16 PM
Subject: Re: Data Dictionary

I'm sorry if I wasn't clear. It is a Iseries shop, true blue. Old school. I was told to do a data dictionary. Now, I did create it, but am not sure what to do with it. The PF is not going to relate to it on the REF line.

 A                                      REF(REFFILE)
 this is for a file.

 The dd is not a file.

Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
 And sure enough...it went...

On 1/19/07, vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

To the geezers - GO IDDU!!!! And that is not a cheer for Indiana Drop Dead University!

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From: "Crispin Bates"

> The last time I used a *DTADCT on the iSeries was when working in S/36 > mode > (that was a quick in/out and run gig). It basically allows you to > define

> fields for s/36 flat (program described) files so that you can then use

> things like query/dfu etc. to access the data as fields instead of one > large

> field. I can't remember well, but you may even be able to use the data

> dictionary to cause the compiler to treat the file as externally > described,

> but can't be sure of that.
>
> A *DTADCT, while conceptually similar to, is not the same as a field

> reference file by any means. A *DTADCT causes the system to present the > flat

> file as a file with fields.
>
> At least that's my recollection...
>
> Crispin.
>
>
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