LOGICAL FILE

Defn: - LF is a logical file which contains the logical view of the physical file
Points to be Remembered: CRTLF Command is used for creating the object of logical file Its object type is * File Its attribute is LF PFILE keyword is needed for the logical file [PFILE (Physical File Name)]

Use of the Logical File

For changing the access path* To see the limited no. of fields of the physical file To see the filtered data (Select / Omit)

* Access Path is a way to retrieve the data from the database file, the way can be: Arrival Sequence Keyed Sequence
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Commands related to Logical File

CRTLF - To create the object of the logical file DSPFD - To see the description of the file DSPFFD - To see the file field description DLTF
- To delete all file type of the objects

UPDDTA - To update the data through the logical file in physical file

RUNQRY - To see the data of the physical file

ADDLFM - To Add Logical File Member CHGLF - To Change Logical File

CHGLFM - To Change Logical File Member

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Data Types used in Physical File

A S P T Z L - Specify Alpha Numeric (Both character & numeric) Data - Specify Zoned Decimal Data - Specify Packed Decimal Data - Specify Time Data - Specify Time Stamp Data - Specify Date Data

Prompt used for Logical File IPLF (Input Prompt for Logical File) Name Type
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Name
EID

Length
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Data Type
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Decimal Positions
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Use
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Functions _____________________________

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Examples of Logical Files

File Level R Rec EID ENAME EAGE ESAL EDEG K EID S EID O EAGE S PFILE (PF01) 3A 10A 2 6 10A Record Format Level

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Field Level Key Field Level COMP(GT 503) COMP(LT 40) ALL Select / Omit Level

Levels of the Logical File

File Level Record Format Level Field Level Key Field Level Select / Omit Level

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KEYWORDS
File Level
Unique (PF / LF)
REF (PF) FIFO (PF / LF) LIFO (PF / LF) FCFO (PF / LF) Refaccpth (LF) Dynslt (LF)

Record Format Level

JFILE (JLF) PFILE (LF) FORMAT (PF / LF)

Field Level
Comp (PF / LF) Cmp (PF / LF) Rename (LF) Concate (LF) SST (LF) Range (PF / LF) DFT (PF) REFFLD (PF) ALWNULL (PF) COLHDG (PF / LF) DATFMT (PF / LF) DATSEP (PF / LF) TIMEFMT (PF / LF) TIMESEP (PF / LF)

Key Field Level

ASCEND (PF / LF) DESCEND (PF / LF)

Select / Omit Level

COMP CMP VALUE RANGE

NOTE: All the keywords are specified in function parameter of IPLF Prompt
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