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Default condition

This field type is the default value to be used for the field when adding records to the database if no value is supplied.

Note: The default condition does not specify a default value for fields on display files or reports.

Default condition has these values:

• * NONE—no default condition
• condition name—condition that supplies the default value
• * DTAARA—indicates that the value of the field is to be retrieved from the data area specified in the DTAARA field. This field will appear when you type *DTAARA in the Default Condition field and press Enter.

The name of the data area must be a valid system name. The data area name is used as an internal field name within CA 2E, in place of the generated code name. In a program, the generated code name is used. The field is loaded from the data area at the start of the program.

An example of using data area name is the CA 2E shipped field *Company name. The value for this field is retrieved from a data area called YYCOTXA:

Default Condition = *DTAARA

Dtaara = YYCOTXA

Implementation name = CMP