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Adding a CCK Field to an IMS Record

Add one or more CCK fields to a record in an IMS DL/1 batch or IMS ODBA data map.

Open the data map.

On the

Data Map

tab in the

Resource Explorer

, right-click the record and click

Properties

The

Record Properties

dialog box appears.

On the

CCK Fields

tab, click the

Add New

toolbar button.

The

New CCK Field

dialog box appears.

In the

New CCK Field

dialog box, define the CCK field properties.

The following table describes the information to enter:

Option	Description
Name	Enter a name for the CCK field. The name must be a field name in the IMS DBD, usually the name of a SEQUENCE field. It can be any field name defined within a SEGM. Maximum length is eight characters. Valid characters are ASCII characters and the pound and yen sign.
Field Type	Select the datatype of the field.
Precision	Enter the precision of the field.
Scale	Enter the scale of the field.
Length	Enter the length of the field.
Data Codepage	Select a code page for the contents of the CCK field. The code page describes the character set for the character data in the database.