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Creating Data Definition Language

The Technical Design (TD) is used by Client Server Encyclopedia (CSE) Construction to create the Data Definition Language (DDL). The TD contains the Data Store List and the Data Structure List. The type of DDL generated by the CSE Construction Client is Structured Query Language (SQL).

A database must be present before you can install an application if:

• The application has database access statements (SQL calls) in it.
• The application is a character-based (block mode) application that contains links between procedure steps. This restriction exists only if the RPROF table (profile manager) is used. This is not true for CICS applications that use the TSQ profile manager or for UNIX-based applications, if the RPROF table has been placed in a file.

The Construction Client supports DDL generation for remote installations. For a remote installation, the CSE Construction Client creates a remote file, which you transfer to the target system. On the target system, the Build Tool processes the remote file and creates the database. This process is described in the following illustration: