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<h1 class="topictitle1">Dictionary-described data</h1>
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<div><p>Either a program-described file or an externally described file
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can be defined with the record format descriptions stored in
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the data dictionary.</p>
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<p>You can describe the record format information using interactive data definition
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utility (IDDU). Even though the file is program-described, <span class="keyword">IBM<sup>®</sup> Query for iSeries™</span>, iSeries Access,
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and data file utility (DFU) will use the record format description stored
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in the data dictionary.</p>
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<p>You can use IDDU to describe a file, then create the file using IDDU. The
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file created is an externally described file. You can also move into the data
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dictionary the file description stored in an externally described file. The
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system always ensures that the definitions in the data dictionary and the
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description stored in the externally described file are identical.</p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbafodeffi.htm" title="This topic discusses the ways to describe records in database files.">How database files are described</a></div>
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