Compaq FTAM Responder Support of
ISO FTAM Functions
OSI/FTAM Responder Manual— 425199-001
4 -9
Select-Open Mappings
Fixed-length
binary file
E
891
FTAM-3
maximum-string-length = record length**
string-significance = fixed
Variable-
length binary
file
E
892
FTAM-3
maximum-string-length = record length**
string-significance = variable
Description
File
Type*
File
Code
FTAM
Document
Types
Default Parameter Values
Unstructured
file
U
All file
codes
except
101
FTAM-3
maximum-string-length =2048
string-significance = not significant
Non-SQL key-
sequenced file
K
-
FTAM-3
maximum-string-length =2048
string-significance = not significant
Non-SQL
entry-
sequenced file
E
All file
codes
except
891, 892
FTAM-3
maximum-string-length =512
string-significance = not significant
Directory
(selected by
supplying a
file name of
“DIRLIS”)
-
-
NBS-9
<filename>***
SQL table, not
organization
relative
K or E
-
Not supported;
returned
diagnostic =
3013
Not applicable
∗
The following values are possible for file type:
U = Enscribe unstructured
R = Relative
E = Entry-sequenced
K = Key-sequenced
∗∗
This is the standard Guardian file attribute that stands for the maximum record length.
∗∗∗
This value represents the Compaq responder default for NBS-9 files on an open. If you open an NBS-9 file without
specifying the file attributes to return for the files in the directory, the Compaq responder defaults the parameter setting to the
filename attribute only. If you do specify file attributes, the Compaq responder returns the specified file attributes for the files in
the directory.
∗∗∗∗
Line numbers are not preserved. If the value specified for the max-extents attribute is exceeded, max-extents is
automatically increased (in increments, up to the system limit) and the lines renumbered.
The maximum number of lines allowed for file type 101 is 10,000,000. For more information, see the
Guardian Procedure
Calls Reference Manual.
Note.
If a DEFINE by the name of _ZOSF_FIXED_AS_UNSTRUCT exists when the FTAM
processes are started, and the string-significance parameter is set to FIXED in the request, the
file created or selected will be an unstructured file with maximum-string-length of 4096 bytes.
Table 4-7. Select-Open Mappings: Compaq File Structure to FTAM Contents
Type
(continued)
Compaq File Structure
Contents Type
