Fixed-length tables are specified using the OCCURS clause. Because seven subscripts or indexes are allowed, six nested levels and one outermost level of the format-1 OCCURS clause are allowed. The format-1 OCCURS clause can be specified as subordinate to the OCCURS DEPENDING ON clause. In this way, a table of up to seven dimensions can be specified.
Format 1: fixed-length tables >>-OCCURS--integer-2--+-------+---------------------------------> '-TIMES-' .------------------------------------------------------. V | >----+--------------------------------------------------+-+-----> | .-------------. | | V | | '-+-ASCENDING--+--+-----+--+----+----data-name-2-+-' '-DESCENDING-' '-KEY-' '-IS-' >--+-----------------------------------+----------------------->< | .--------------. | | V | | '-INDEXED--+----+----index-name-1-+-' '-BY-'