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<p><var>[[Field Design (File Management)#BINARY attribute|BINARY]]</var> and <var>[[Field Design (File Management)#CODED attribute|CODED]]</var> fields are stored differently depending on whether the file has the Optimized Field Extraction ([[FILEORG parameter|FILEORG]] x'80') bit set. Note that [[FILEORG parameter|FILEORG]] X'100' files automatically also turn on x'80'. </p> | <p><var>[[Field Design (File Management)#BINARY attribute|BINARY]]</var> and <var>[[Field Design (File Management)#CODED attribute|CODED]]</var> fields are stored differently depending on whether the file has the Optimized Field Extraction ([[FILEORG parameter|FILEORG]] x'80') bit set. Note that [[FILEORG parameter|FILEORG]] X'100' files automatically also turn on x'80'. </p> | ||
<p>For non Optimized Field Extraction Files the field value pair contains two parts:</p> | <p>For non Optimized Field Extraction Files (x'80) the field value pair contains two parts:</p> | ||
* the field code from [[Table A (File Architecture)|Table A]]; 2 bytes. | * the field code from [[Table A (File Architecture)|Table A]]; 2 bytes. | ||
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<p>For Optimized Field Extraction Files the field value pair contains three parts:</p> | <p>For Optimized Field Extraction Files the field value pair contains three parts:</p> | ||
* the field code from [[Table A (File Architecture)|Table A]]; 2 | * the field code from [[Table A (File Architecture)|Table A]]; 3 bytes for [[FILEORG parameter|FILEORG]] X'100' files or 2 byte for all others. | ||
* the length of the value for this pair (1 to 4); | * the length of the value for this pair (1 to 4); 1 byte. | ||
* the value (variable length, 1-4 bytes). | * the value (variable length, 1-4 bytes). | ||
Revision as of 04:13, 21 June 2013
Overview
The basic unit of storage inside a Model 204 record is the field value pair (or, more literally, "field = value pair"). A record or a fieldgroup contains a series of fieldgroups and field value pairs.
A record can contain field value pairs for fields with the OCCURS attribute, which are described ??.
A record or a fieldgroup can contain non-OCCURS field value pairs, whose physical structure is described below, for each storage data type.
STRING fields
The field value pair for STRING fields contains three parts:
- the field code from Table A; 3 bytes for FILEORG X'100' files or 2 bytes for all others.
- the length of the value for this pair (0 to 255); 1 byte.
- the value; variable length 0-255 bytes.
So, if you have a NAME field containing 'SMITH' it will be held in either 8 or 9 bytes (depending on the FILEORG), while a NAME of 'FRANKENSTEIN' will be held as either 15 or 16.
BINARY or CODED fields
BINARY and CODED fields are stored differently depending on whether the file has the Optimized Field Extraction (FILEORG x'80') bit set. Note that FILEORG X'100' files automatically also turn on x'80'.
For non Optimized Field Extraction Files (x'80) the field value pair contains two parts:
- the field code from Table A; 2 bytes.
- the value which is always held as 4 bytes.
For Optimized Field Extraction Files the field value pair contains three parts:
- the field code from Table A; 3 bytes for FILEORG X'100' files or 2 byte for all others.
- the length of the value for this pair (1 to 4); 1 byte.
- the value (variable length, 1-4 bytes).
By storing a length with all field occurrences, data in records can be read much faster. The possible tradeoff on performance versus space is discussed in File Design.
FLOAT fields
FLOAT fields are stored differently depending on whether the file has the Optimized Field Extraction (FILEORG x'80') bit set. Note that FILEORG X'100' files automatically also turn on x'80'.
For non Optimized Field Extraction Files the field value pair contains two parts:
- the field code from Table A; 2 bytes.
- the value which is always held as 4, 8, or 16 bytes, depending on the LENGTH attribute.
For Optimized Field Extraction Files the field value pair contains three parts:
- the field code from Table A; 2 bytes.
- the length of the value for this pair (1 to 4); 2 bytes for FILEORG X'100' files or 1 byte for all others.
- the value (variable length, 1-4 bytes).
By storing a length with all field occurrences, data in records can be read much faster. The possible tradeoff on performance versus space is discussed in File Design.