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PF (Physical File)
LF (Logical File)
LF
(Simple Logical File)
MLF
(Multi Format Logical File)
JLF
(Join Logical File)
PF-SRC
PF-DTA
LF
LF
LF
*File
*File
*File
*File
*File
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Physical File
Defn: - PF is a physical file which contains the actual data
Points to be Remembered: CRTPF Command is used for creating the object of physical file Its object type is * File Its attribute is PF-DTA It contains only 1 record format Maximum length of the record format is 32,766 Maximum fields specified are 8,000 Maximum key fields specified are 120 Maximum length of the key field is 2,000 Bytes Maximum member we can create are 32,767 NOTE: - Only 1 member is created while creating the physical file
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Prompt used for Physical File IPPF (Input Prompt for Physical File) Name Type
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Name
EID
Ref
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Data Length
10
Use
Functions _____________________________
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3A 10A 2 0 6 2 10A
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KEYWORDS
File Level Record Field Level Format Level
JFILE (JLF) PFILE (LF) FORMAT (PF / LF) Comp (PF / LF) Cmp (PF / LF) Rename (LF) Concate (LF) SST (LF) Range (PF / LF) DFT (PF) REFFLD (PF) ALWNULL (PF) COLHDG (PF / LF)
NOTE: All the keywords are specified inDATFMT (PF parameter of IPPF function / LF) Prompt
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