A traditional means of describing data attributes (such as the names and lengths of records and fields) is to specify the data attributes in the application programs themselves. However, a convenient and powerful alternative is available on iSeries servers. Data description specifications (DDS) describe data attributes in file descriptions that are external to the application program that processes the data.
This topic provides the following general information about DDS:
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