On the

SEQ Access Method

tab of the

Data Map Properties

dialog box, you select one of the following record formats:

Select

Fixed

or

Variable

only when Linux, UNIX or Windows files contain binary data and the record boundaries are not determined by record delimiter characters. Record delimiter characters are line feed (LF) on Linux and UNIX and carriage return / line feed (CR/LF) on Windows.

If all records have the same length, select

Fixed

for the record format and specify the size of each record.

If the records have variable lengths that are determined by integer record prefixes within the file, select

Variable

for the record format and specify the type of record prefix. For example, you can use a type of VBP2 with z/OS records that are downloaded by using FTP with the BINARY and the QUOTE SITE RDW options.

In all other situations, Informatica recommends that you select the

Default

record format so that the file APIs for the operating system determine the redord length. Specify the

Default

record format for the following kinds of files: