Sample File Descriptions

This appendix contains Master Files, FOCPSBs, PSBs, and DBDs for sample IMS databases cited in previous chapters. The databases documented in this appendix are shown in the following table:

Database

Description

DI21PART

Sample HDAM database included by IBM with IMS.

PATDB01

Sample HIDAM database (not shipped to user sites); demonstrates secondary indexes.

EMPDB01

Sample HIDAM database (not shipped to user sites); demonstrates partitioning/ concatenation of PSBs.

AIHDAM

Sample HDAM database (not shipped to user sites); demonstrates a secondary index on the root key.

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Note: FOCPSBs created in prior releases may consist of fixed format records with no attribute keywords. While this earlier format is supported, the recommended format is the comma-delimited format used in the samples in this appendix. See Release Dependent Interface Features, for a description of fixed format FOCPSBs.

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