Dictionary Database Structure
Data Definition Language (DDL) Reference Manual — 426798-002
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DICTOUF Fields
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CONSTANT-ID
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if the text element was defined by referring to a constant, contains
the object number of the constant; otherwise, it is 0.
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CONSTANT-TYPE-STRING
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a two-character ASCII code that identifies the type of
constant.
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CONSTANT-TYPE
−
a numeric code identifying the type of constant.
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CONSTANT-TYPE-EXPLICIT
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contains an ASCII character “Y” (yes) to indicate the
constant type was entered explicitly or “N” (no) to indicate the constant type was
inherited from another constant or by default.
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LOCALE-NAME
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the locale name for an internationalization item.
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LN-CONSTANT
−
if the locale name was defined by referring to a constant, contains
the object number of the constant; otherwise, it is 0.
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TEXT-LEN
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the number of bytes of text in TEXT-LINE.
TEXT-TYPE
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a code that identifies the type of text stored in TEXT-LINE.
TEXT-TYPE is one of the following values:
For more information about text types, see
Text Items
on page D-2.
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TEXT-LINE
−
the text line identified by TEXT-ID and LINE number.
Each line of text is a variable length string of from 0 through 132 bytes.
DICTOUF Fields
DICTOUF (Object Usage File) is a key-sequenced file containing one record for each
object that is used by another object. This file indicates which objects are used by
which other objects. For example, in the following statements, definition B uses
definition A:
DEF A TYPE BINARY 16.
DEF B TYPE A.
Code
Meaning
K
Keyword
N
ASCII representation of a numeric literal
S
Alphanumeric string
E
Enumeration value name
J
National string