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Appendix Suffixes for data types
Suffixes for data types
Suffix Meaning
x..y unit a) with data type integer: interval specification
x minimum value permitted for “integer”.
x is an (optionally signed) integer.
y maximum value permitted for “integer”.
y is an (optionally signed) integer.
unit with “integer” only: additional units.
The following units may be specified:
days byte
hours 2Kbyte
minutes 4Kbyte
seconds Mbyte
b) with the other data types: length specification
x minimum length for the operand value; x is an integer.
y maximum length for the operand value; y is an integer.
x=y the length of the operand value must be precisely x.
Exception: for data types catid, date, device, product-version, time and
vsn the length specification is not displayed.
with Extends the specification options for a data type.
-compl When specifying the data type “date”, SDF expands two-digit
year specifications in the form yy-mm-dd to:
20yy-mm-dd if yy < 60
19yy-mm-dd if yy ≥ 60
-low Uppercase and lowercase letters are differentiated.
-path-
compl
For specifications for the data type “filename”, SDF adds the catalog and/or
user ID if these have not been specified.
-under Permits underscores “_” for the data type “name”.
Table 11: Data type suffixes (part 1 of 7)