COBOL/400 Language Help
- A record description entry is a data description entry (here
used to refer to both data and record description entries) that specifies the
characteristics of a data item.
- In the File Section, a record description entry is a set of
data description entries that describe the particular records contained within
a file.
- You can specify more than one record description entry; each is an
alternative description of the same record storage area.
- Data areas described in the File Section are not available for processing
unless the file containing the data area is open.
- You can also specify the record description entry for a file by using the
Format 2 COPY statement (DD, DDR, DDS, DDSR option). This allows the
field descriptions for a file to be exactly as defined in DDS. Also,
programs are easier to write because you maintain the record format
description in one place.
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