Using the Schema and Subschema Compilers › Coding DDL Schema and Subschema Statements › Input Format

Input Format

80-character Input

You can code statements in columns 1 through 80, or you can limit the input range using the INPUT COLUMNS clause of the SET OPTIONS statement. The maximum range is 1 through 80. The minimum number allowed between low and high columns is 10. The default depends on the mode in which the compiler is used:

• Online default—1 through 79 in 3270 full-screen mode; 1 through 80 for line devices
• Batch default—1 through 72

Multiline Input

DDL statements can be coded as multiple-line input. The four required statement components (verb, entity type, entity occurrence, and period) and most optional clauses can be continued from one line to the next, as long as words are not split (including user-supplied names in quotes). No continuation character is required.

Three examples of acceptable subschema DDL input are shown as follows:

• Single line input:

  add subschema name is empss01 schema is empschm.
  

• Multiline input:

  add subschema name is empss01
      schema is empschm.
  

• Multiple statements per line:

  signon user is msk. dis schema demoschm with none.
  dis area demoxarea. dis rec employee. dis set dept-employee.