Note:
For more detailed information about field definitions, see the ADACMP
utility; for more information about interpreting FDTs, see the ADAREP utility;
both in the Adabas Utilities documentation.
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DBID 105 - Display FDT - PDRD002
Field Description Table: File 200 (TEST-FILE)
======================== Total Fields ... 31
*************** T o p of F D T ***************
Lev I Name I Leng I Form I Options I Predict Field Names
-----I------I-------I-------I----------------- I-----------------------------
1 I AF I 064 I A I NU DE I
1 I BX I 035 I A I MU NU I
1 I LA I 033 I A I NU DE I
1 I LB I 002 I B I NU DE I
1 I LC I 250 I A I MU NU I
1 I LE I 004 I U I NU DE I
1 I LF I I I PE I
2 I LG I 065 I A I NU I
1 I LJ I 018 I A I NU DE I
1 I LK I 090 I A I MU NU I
1 I LL I 018 I A I NU DE I
1 I LM I 250 I A I MU NU I
PF1----- PF2------ PF3------ PF4------ PF6----- PF7----- PF8----- PF12-----
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For a specified file, option "D" displays the field definition table (FDT), which includes
the total number of fields in the file;
the level number of each field;
the two-character name of each field;
the length of each field in bytes;
the data type (format) of each field: Alphanumeric, Binary, Fixed point, floatinG point, Packed decimal, Unpacked decimal, or Wide-character;
data definition options for each field: CK for untranslatable characters, DEscriptor, FIxed storage, Long Alphanumeric, MUltiple-value field, Null/not Counted (that is, SQL null representation), Null/Not allowed, NUll value suppression, NV no conversion, PEriodic group (the fields that compose the periodic group are those that follow and have a higher level number), UniQue descriptor value;
Note:
If an online inversion of a field is in process, this information is
noted in the Options column.
equivalent Predict names, if any, for each field.
On the Display FDT screen, press PF2 to access the special descriptor table (SDT) for the file:
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DBID 105 - Display SDT - PDRD012
SUB-/SUPER Table: File 200 (TEST-FILE)
=================
Type I Name I Length I Format I Options I Structure I
------I------I--------I--------I-----------------I-------------------I
SUPER I H1 I 4 I B I DE NU I AU ( 1 - 2 )I
I I I I I AV ( 1 - 2 )I
PHON I PH I I I I PHON( AE ) I
SUB I S1 I 4 I A I DE I AO ( 1 - 4 )I
SUPER I S2 I 26 I A I DE I AO ( 1 - 6 )I
I I I I I AE ( 1 - 20 )I
SUPER I S3 I 12 I A I DE NU PE I AR ( 1 - 3 )I
I I I I I AS ( 1 - 9 )I
PF1----- PF2------ PF3------ PF4------ PF6----- PF7----- PF8----- PF12-----
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The SDT provides field information about all sub-/super-/hyperdescriptors, collation descriptors, phonetic descriptors, and sub-/superfields for the file.
In addition to the field's special descriptor type, two-character name, length, format (data type), and data definition options, the SDT identifies the structure of the special descriptor; that is, the component fields and field bytes of sub-/super-/hyperdescriptors and sub-/superfields; the equivalent alphanumeric elementary fields of phonetic descriptors; and the associated user exit of collation descriptors.
The equivalent direct commands are:
DISPLAY FDT file-number
