Overview of the CA IDMS TOTAL Transparency › Conversion of Total Data Structures to CA IDMS/DB › Total Linkpath Fields Relate to CA IDMS/DB Pointers

Total Linkpath Fields Relate to CA IDMS/DB Pointers

A CA IDMS/DB pointer links the owner and member records of a CA IDMS/DB set. Note that CA IDMS/DB pointers, unlike Total linkpath fields, are maintained in a record's prefix rather than in the record itself. The transparency uses Total linkpath field information to establish the necessary pointers in the record prefix for each record. The transparency does not retain Total linkpath fields in inverted records.