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<h1 class="topictitle1">BASIC considerations for DDM</h1>
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<div><p>Compiled BASIC programs and interpretive BASIC statements can refer
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to DDM files. In addition, DDM file names can be specified on the <span class="cmdname">Create
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BASIC Program (CRTBASPGM)</span>, <span class="cmdname">Start BASIC (STRBAS)</span>,
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and <span class="cmdname">Execute BASIC Procedure (EXCBASPRC)</span> commands.</p>
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<div class="section"><ul><li>A DDM file name can be specified on the SRCFILE parameter, and a member
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name can be specified on the SRCMBR parameter of the <span class="cmdname">CRTBASPGM</span>, <span class="cmdname">STRBAS</span>,
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and <span class="cmdname">EXCBASPRC</span> commands, but only if the remote source file
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(and member) is on an <span class="keyword">iSeries™ server</span> or
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a <span class="keyword">System/38™</span>. If one of these
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commands refers to remote files on non-<span class="keyword">iSeries</span> or
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non-<span class="keyword">System/38</span> target servers,
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the operation fails.</li>
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<li>A DDM file can be used as the source file for the following BASIC commands
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in the BASIC session: FREE, LOAD, MERGE, PROC, REPLACE, SAVE, SRCFILE, and
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SUBPROC. It can also be used in the CHAIN BASIC statement.</li>
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<li>A DDM file name can be specified in the DECLARE FILE statement. The remote
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file that the DDM file refers to is used to bring in the field definitions
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for an externally described file. If this is done and the remote file is not
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on an <span class="keyword">iSeries server</span> or a <span class="keyword">System/38</span>, the field declares for the
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record descriptions will not have meaningful names. Instead, all of the field
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names are declared as F<em>nnnnn</em> and the key fields are declared as K<em>nnnnn</em>.
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<p>A recommended method for describing remote files, when the target is not
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an <span class="keyword">iSeries server</span> or a <span class="keyword">System/38</span>,
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is to have the data description specifications (DDS) on the local server and
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enter a <span class="cmdname">Create Physical File (CRTPF)</span> command or a <span class="cmdname">Create
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Logical File (CRTLF)</span> command on the local server. Compile the program
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using the local file name. Ensure that the remote server's file has the corresponding
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field types and field lengths.</p>
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<div class="p">To access the remote file, use the <span class="cmdname">Override
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with Database File (OVRDBF)</span> command preceding the program, for example: <pre>OVRDBF FILE(PGMFIL) TOFILE(DDMFIL) LVLCHK(*NO)</pre>
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</div>
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</li>
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<li>A DDM file can be specified as the file used in the LISTFMT and LISTFMTP
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BASIC commands. These commands extract the file descriptions of the referred
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to remote file to list any fields used in the program.</li>
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</ul>
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<div class="section"><p>When BASIC is used to open a DDM file on the source server,
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the following statements can be used to perform I/O operations on the remote
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file at the target server, for both <span class="keyword">iSeries</span> and
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non-<span class="keyword">iSeries</span> targets: CLOSE,
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DELETE, INPUT, LINPUT, OPEN, READ, REREAD, RESTORE, REWRITE, and WRITE statements
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for processing record files, and GET and PUT statements for processing remote
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stream files.</p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rbae5plc.htm" title="DDM is supported by these iSeries languages.">Programming language considerations for DDM</a></div>
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