MPE/iX Documentation Guide

50 Chapter5

Development Tools and Distributed Computing

• Packed-decimal procedures.

Data Dictionary Managing Information Networks Primer

Part Number: 5958-8527

Functional Focus: Programming

This primer deﬁnes a data dictionary, who uses it, why they use it, and its beneﬁts to

programmers.

This primer contains information on the following topics:

• Deﬁning a data dictionary.

• The beneﬁts of using a data dictionary.

• Increasing data integrity.

• Who uses data dictionaries.

• Different types of data dictionaries.

Data Types Conversion Programmer's Guide

Part Number: 32650-90015

Functional Focus: High-level programming

This guide provides information on the data types available and how to convert between

them.

This guide contains information on the following topics:

• Data types and character codes.

• ASCII, EBCDIC, INTEGER, decimal, and real data types.

• Using data type conversion intrinsics.

DBChange Plus Technical Addendum for MPE/iX Release 4.0

Part Number: 36386-90005

Functional Focus: Programming

This technical addendum describes the new E data type supported by the

TurboIMAGE/XL database management system. This data type is used for data stored in

IEEE format on an MPE/iX system and is fully supported in the TurboIMAGE, DBChange

Plus, and QUERY/3000 products. Read this document to learn how to include data items of

type E in TurboIMAGE/XL databases and how to convert your data if it already is stored

in IEEE data format.

DBChange Plus User’s Guide

Part Number: 36386-90001

Functional Focus: Programming