Data Type (position 35)

In this field specify the data type/keyboard shift attribute for logical files. An entry in this field will overide or change the data type of the corresponding field in the physical file on which this logical file is based.

The following table contains the characters which are valid in this field:

Entry
Description
P
Packed decimal
A
Character
B
Binary
S
Zoned decimal
F
Floating point
H
Hexadecimal
L
Date
T
Time
Z
Timestamp
J
Only DBCS data.
E
Either DBCS or alphanumeric data.
O
Both DBCS and alphanumeric data.
G
Only DBCS data with no shift-control characters.
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Same data type as physical file