DATANAME

DATANAME is the name of the data item and the associated subscript used in conjunction with VALUE so that output has the format of data item=value. For example, for a data item named EMPLOYEE-ID (5), the output would be EMPLOYEE-ID.

VALUE

VALUE represents the EBCDIC representation of a data item. The following chart shows the number of bytes DATABridge uses to format various types of data items.

Type

Size

ALPHA(n)

n characters, depending on the actual size of the data item

NUMBER(n)

n digits, depending on the actual size of the data item

NUMBER(Sn)

1 character (sign) + n digits

NUMBER(n, m)

1 character (decimal point) + n digits, of which m are to the right of the assumed decimal point

NUMBER(Sn, m)

1 character (sign) + 1 character (decimal point) + n digits, of which m are to the right of the assumed decimal point

REAL

1 character (sign) + w digits

where w is from FLOAT SCIENTIFIC (w) or from FLOAT DECIMAL (w, d)

REAL(n)

11 digits

REAL(Sn)

1 character (sign) + 11 digits

REAL(Sn,m)

1 character (sign) + 1 character (decimal point) + 11 digits, of which m are to the right of the assumed decimal point

RECORDTYPE

11 digits

FIELD(n)

11 digits

BOOLEAN

1 character, as follows (by default):

0 = false
1 = true