Data Dictionary Record Templates

_ddopen.utl sets the global strings listed below to the templates used to access the data dictionary. Developers can reference the global strings to dimension their own string variables to access the dictionary.

String Variable	Global String Containing Template
file$	#FILEREC
filmsc$	#FILMSCREC
complete_file$	#FILECOMP
filrul$	#FILRULREC
index$	#INDEXREC
locat$	#LOCATREC
field$	#FIELDREC
complete_field$	#FIELDCOMP
fldrul$	#FLDRULREC
typdef$	TYPDEFREC
typrul$	TYPRULREC
rule$	#RULEREC

For example, the code fragment below retrieves and prints the value of the PATH attribute for the CUSTOMER alias:

DIM A$:STBL("#FILEREC")
A.FILE_ID$="CUSTOMER"
CALL"_DDFIL.UTL",A$
PRINT A.PATH$

To retrieve the complete list of file information, use the global string (#FILECOMP). To retrieve the complete list of field information, use the global string (#FIELDCOMP).