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<title>Positional entries for physical and logical files (positions 1 through
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<h1 class="topictitle1">Positional entries for physical and logical files (positions 1 through
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44)</h1>
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<div><p>The first 44 positions of the DDS form are called positional entries.</p>
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<div class="example"><p>The following example shows some positional entries for physical
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files.</p>
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<div class="fignone" id="lfpos__bfig1"><a name="lfpos__bfig1"><!-- --></a><span class="figcap">Figure 1. Physical file coding example</span><pre>|...+....1....+....2....+....3....+....4....+....5....+....6....+....7....+....8
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00010A* PHYSICAL FILE CODING EXAMPLE
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00020A REF(INVENCTL/INVENTORY)
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00030A UNIQUE
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00040A R ORDFMT TEXT('Format for Purchase Orders')
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00050A ORDNBR 7 0 COLHDG('Order' 'Number')
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00060A ITMNBR R 10
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00070A SUPNBR R +2 REFFLD(SUPID SUPLIB/SUPMST)
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00080A QTYORD 5B
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00090A K ORDNBR
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00100A K ITMNBR ABSVAL
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="lfseq.htm">Sequence number for physical and logical files (positions 1 through 5)</a></strong><br />
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Use these positions to specify a sequence number for each line on the form. The sequence number is optional and is used for documentation purposes only.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="lfform.htm">Form type for physical and logical files (position 6)</a></strong><br />
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Type an A in this position to designate this as a DDS form. The form type is optional and is for documentation purposes only.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="lfcmmt.htm">Comment for physical and logical files (position 7)</a></strong><br />
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Type an asterisk (*) in this position to identify this line as a comment. Use positions 8 through 80 for comment text.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="lfcond.htm">Conditioning for physical and logical files (positions 8 through 16)</a></strong><br />
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These positions do not apply to physical or logical files. Leave these positions blank unless you use them for comment text.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="lftype.htm">Type of name or specification for physical and logical files (position 17)</a></strong><br />
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Type a value in this position to identify the type of name or, for logical files, the type of specification. If you specify a name type, the name is specified in positions 19 through 28.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="lftrsrvd.htm">Reserved for physical and logical files (position 18)</a></strong><br />
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This position does not apply to any file type. Leave this position blank unless you use it for comment text.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="lfname.htm">Name for physical and logical files (positions 19 through 28)</a></strong><br />
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Use these positions to specify record or field names.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="pfrefer.htm">Reference for physical and logical files (position 29)</a></strong><br />
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You use this position to specify reference for physical files only.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="lleng.htm">Length for physical and logical files (positions 30 through 34)</a></strong><br />
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Use these positions to specify the length of a physical or logical file field.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="ldata.htm">Data type for physical and logical files (position 35)</a></strong><br />
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For a physical file, use this position to specify the data type of the field within the database. Specify data type in a logical file only to override or change the data type of the corresponding field in the physical file on which this logical file is based.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="ldec.htm">Decimal positions for physical and logical files (positions 36 and 37)</a></strong><br />
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Use these positions to specify the decimal placement within a packed decimal, zoned decimal, binary, or floating-point field.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="lfusg.htm">Usage for physical and logical files (position 38)</a></strong><br />
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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.</li>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="lfloc.htm">Location for physical and logical files (positions 39 through 44)</a></strong><br />
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These positions do not apply to physical or logical files. Leave these positions blank unless you use them for comment text.</li>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="phlogf1.htm" title="This topic provides information about coding physical and logical files that use DDS, and describes the positional entries used by these files.">Define physical and logical files using DDS</a></div>
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<div class="reltasks"><strong>Related tasks</strong><br />
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<div><a href="simpmult.htm" title="You must specify the PFILE keyword at the record level for simple and multiple format logical files. In a multiple format logical file, a record format can use only the fields common to all the physical files specified on the PFILE keyword for that record format.">Simple and multiple format logical files in DDS</a></div>
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<div><a href="joins.htm" title="Join logical files combine different fields from more than one physical file into a single record. You must specify the JFILE keyword at the record level for join logical files.">Join logical files in DDS</a></div>
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<div class="relref"><strong>Related reference</strong><br />
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<div><a href="lfname.htm" title="Use these positions to specify record or field names.">Name for physical and logical files (positions 19 through 28)</a></div>
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<div><a href="ldata.htm" title="For a physical file, use this position to specify the data type of the field within the database. Specify data type in a logical file only to override or change the data type of the corresponding field in the physical file on which this logical file is based.">Data type for physical and logical files (position 35)</a></div>
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<div><a href="ldec.htm" title="Use these positions to specify the decimal placement within a packed decimal, zoned decimal, binary, or floating-point field.">Decimal positions for physical and logical files (positions 36 and 37)</a></div>
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