DDS Keyword Entries for physical and logical files (Positions 45

through 80)
This section contains keyword entries valid for describing physical and logical
files. They are typed in positions 45 through 80 (functions). See “DDS Syntax
Rules” on page 4 for a discussion of the general rules for specifying keywords.
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The following keywords are valid for both physical and logical files (except where
noted):
ABSVAL
ALIAS
ALL (logical files only)
ALTSEQ
ALWNULL (physical files only)
CCSID (physical files only)
CHECK
CHKMSGID
CMP
COLHDG
COMP
CONCAT (logical files only)
DATFMT
DATSEP
DESCEND
DFT (physical files only)
DIGIT
DYNSLT (logical files only)
EDTCDE
EDTWRD
FCFO
FIFO
FLTPCN
FORMAT
LIFO
NOALTSEQ
RANGE
REF (physical files only)
REFFLD (physical files only)
REFSHIFT
RENAME (logical files only)
SIGNED
SST (logical files only)
TEXT
TIMFMT
TIMSEP
TRNTBL (logical files only)
UNIQUE
UNSIGNED
VALUES
VARLEN
ZONE
The following keywords are valid only for simple and multiple format logical files:
PFILE
REFACCPTH
The following keywords are valid only for join logical files:
JDFTVAL
JDUPSEQ
JFILE
JFLD
JOIN
JREF
When you use DDS to describe a source file (usually created without DDS, using
the CRTSRCPF command) or when a logical file is based on a physical file to be
used as a source file, you cannot use the following keywords:
ABSVAL
ALTSEQ
DESCEND
FCFO
FIFO
LIFO
NOALTSEQ
SIGNED
UNIQUE
VARLEN
ZONE