Definitions and Records
Data Definition Language (DDL) Reference Manual — 426798-002
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Syntax Elements
UPSHIFT clause
specifies that ASCII characters entered in this field must be upshifted. Requesters
generated by the Pathmaker product upshift character strings entered into this
field; user-written programs must be coded to upshift them.
USAGE clause
declares numeric storage allocation for a field or group.
VALUE clause
declares an initial value for a field or an alphanumeric group.
level-number {
field-name | group-name | FILLER
)
specifies a field or group of fields within a group definition.
level-number
is a number between 02 and 49 that establishes the hierarchy of fields or
groups of fields within the definition.
field-name
is a DDL name that uniquely identifies a field within the enclosing group
description or definition.
group-name
is a DDL name that uniquely identifies a group within the enclosing group
description or definition.
FILLER
is an unnamed field that reserves storage space within a group definition.
88 condition-name clause
declares a condition name and assigns a value or values to the name, only for
COBOL and DDL source code. A single-field definition that has one or more level
88 clauses must also have BEGIN before the first period and END after the last
clause.
89 enumeration clause
associates a name with a specified or default enumeration value and, optionally,
specifies a display string for the value. A single-field definition that has one or more
level 89 clauses must also have BEGIN before the first period and END after the
last clause.