Creating Field Table Files

Field table files are created using a standard text editor, such as vi. They have the following format:

Note that these entries must be separated by white space (blanks or tabs).

Field Table Example

The following is an example field table in which the base shifts from 500 to 700. The first field in each group will be numbered 501 and 701, respectively.

System Field Table File

# following are fields for EMPLOYEE service
# employee ID fields are based at 500
*base 500
#name           rel-number      type           flags   comment
#----           ----------      ----           ------  -------
EMPNAME         1               string         -       emp name
EMPID           2               long           -       emp id
EMPJOB          3               char           -       job type
SRVCDAY         4               carray         -       service date
*base 700
# all address fields are now relative to 700
EMPADDR         1               string         -       street address
EMPCITY         2               string         -       city
EMPSTATE        3               string         -       state
EMPZIP          4               long           -       zip code