When System/36™ is
using DDM to communicate as a source server to access files on an iSeries™ target server, the information
in this topic applies and should be considered.
- When System/36 creates a direct file
on an iSeries server, the iSeries server creates a nonkeyed physical
file with the maximum number of records, and prepares them as deleted records.
The DDM architecture command Clear File (CLRFIL), when
issued from a non-iSeries source
server, clears and prepares the file; the CL command Clear Physical
File Member (CLRPFM), when issued by a local or remote iSeries server, does not prepare the file.
- System/36 supports a maximum
of three key definitions for logical files and one key definition for keyed
physical files.
- Nondelete-capable direct files cannot be created using DDM on an iSeries server. In addition, the iSeries server does not support nondelete-capable
files for all file organizations.