Non-fixed record parts

A non-fixed record part defines a set of fields whose length is not necessarily known at generation time. A field in a non-fixed record can any of these:
Also, a field can be based on any of these:
Two types of non-fixed record parts are available:
You may use a non-fixed record in the following contexts:

A record part that includes a fixed structure (with each field assigned a level number) is a fixed record part, even if the record part is of type BasicRecord or SQLRecord. For details, see Fixed record parts.

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Fixed record parts
Fixed structure
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