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<h1 class="topictitle1">Record format relationships between physical and logical database files</h1>
<div><p>When you change, add, and delete fields with the Change Physical
File (CHGPF) command, a certain relationship exists between the
physical and logical files that share the same record format.</p>
<div class="p"><ul><li>When you change the length of a field in a physical file, you also change
the length of the logical file's field.</li>
<li>When you add a field to the physical file, the field is also added to
the logical file.</li>
<li>When you delete a field in the physical file, the field is also deleted
from the logical file unless there is another dependency in DDS, such as a
keyed field or a select/omit statement.</li>
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