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<h1 class="topictitle1">Usage for physical and logical files (position 38)</h1>
<div><p>Use this field to specify that a named field is to be an input-only,
both (both input and output are allowed), or neither field.</p>
<div class="section"><div class="p">For physical files, you can specify the following entries: <dl><dt><strong>Entry</strong></dt>
<dd><strong>Meaning</strong></dd>
<dt class="dlterm">Blank</dt>
<dd>Defaults to B (both input and output allowed)</dd>
<dt class="dlterm">B</dt>
<dd>Both input and output allowed</dd>
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<p>Because the default is the same as the only value, you
do not need to make an entry in this field.</p>
<p>Entries in position 38 are
not referred to by the REF or REFFLD keywords. Therefore, a B in position
38 for a field in a physical file has no effect when that field is referred
to in a display file.</p>
<div class="p">The valid entries for logical files are described
as follows: <dl><dt class="dlterm">Blank (Default)</dt>
<dd>If position 38 is blank, the following situation occurs:
<ul><li>For simple and multiple format logical files (PFILE specified at the record
level), the field is a both (B) field.</li>
<li>For join logical files (JFILE specified at the record level), the field
is an input-only (I) field.</li>
</ul>
</dd>
<dt class="dlterm">B (Both)</dt>
<dd>If position 38 is B, the field is a <em>both</em> field and can be used
for both input and output operations. That is, your program can read data
from the field and write data to the field. Both fields are not valid for
join logical files, because join logical files are read-only files.</dd>
<dt class="dlterm">I (Input-Only)</dt>
<dd>If position 38 is I, the field is an <em>input-only</em> field and can be
used for input operations only. That is, your program can read data from the
field, but cannot change the field. Typical cases of input-only fields are
key fields (to reduce maintenance of access paths), sensitive fields that
a user can see but not change (such as, in employee records, salary), and
fields for which the SST or TRNTBL keyword is specified. <p>If your program
performs a change to a record format in which you have specified input-only
fields, the input-only fields are not updated and no message is sent. If your
program performs an output operation to a record format in which you have
specified input-only fields, the input-only fields take default values (see
the DFT (Default) keyword-physical files only topic).</p>
<p>Input-only fields
are not valid in physical files.</p>
</dd>
<dt class="dlterm">N (Neither)</dt>
<dd>If position 38 is N, the field is a <em>neither</em> field (neither input
nor output) and is valid only for join logical files. A neither field can
be used as a join field in a join logical file, but your program cannot read
a neither field. <p>Use neither fields when the attributes of join fields
in the physical files do not match. In this case, one or both join fields
must be redefined. However, you might not want to include the redefined fields
in the record format (that is, you might not want the application program
to see the redefined fields). Therefore, code the redefined join fields as
N and they do not appear in the record format.</p>
<p>A field with N in position
38 does not appear in the buffer used by your program. However, the field
description is displayed with the Display File Field Description (DSPFFD)
command.</p>
<p><em>Neither</em> fields cannot be used as select/omit
or key fields.</p>
</dd>
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<p>Entries in position 38 are not referred to using
the REF or REFFLD keyword. Therefore, a B or an I in position 38 for a field
in a logical file has no effect when that field is referred to in a display
file.</p>
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<div class="familylinks">
<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzakbmstlfpos.htm" title="The first 44 positions of the DDS form are called positional entries.">Positional entries for physical and logical files (positions 1 through 44)</a></div>
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<div class="relref"><strong>Related reference</strong><br />
<div><a href="rzakbmstpdft.htm" title="Use this field-level keyword to specify a default value for a field.">DFT (Default) keyword—physical files only</a></div>
<div><a href="rzakbmsttdjfld.htm" title="Use this join-level keyword to identify the from and to fields whose values are used to join physical files in a join logical file. These fields are both referred to as join fields.">JFLD (Joined Fields) keyword—join logical files only</a></div>
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