Schema DDL Reference section
238 U929-J-Z125-9-76
9.1.3 Record entry
RECORD NAME IS record-name
⎧ ⎧ ⎧IN⎫ ⎫⎫
⎧DIRECT ⎫ item-name- 1 ⎨ ⎬ record-name
⎨ ⎬ ⎨ ⎩OF⎭ ⎬
⎩DIRECT-LONG ⎭  
[LOCATION MODE IS ⎨ ⎩identifier-1 ⎭⎬]
CALC[ hash-rou tine] USING item-name-2,...
⎩ DUPLICATES ARE[ NOT] ALLOWED ⎭
WITHIN realm-name-1[,realm-name-2,... AREA-ID IS identifier-2]
⎧CALC[ hash-routine]⎫
[SEARCH KEY IS item-name-3,...USING ⎨ ⎬[ NAME IS name]
⎩INDEX ⎭
DUPLICATES ARE[ NOT] ALLOWED]....
{[level-number ]record-element-name
⎧ ⎧mask-string ⎫ ⎫
PICTURE IS ⎨ ⎬
⎩LX(integer-1) DEPENDING ON item-name-4⎭
⎧ ⎧ ⎧15⎫ ⎫ ⎫
BINARY[ ⎨ ⎬] 
FIXED REAL ⎨ ⎩31⎭ ⎬ 
[⎨ ⎬]
⎩DECIMAL[ integer-2[,integer-3]] ⎭ 
TYPE IS⎨ ⎬
CHARACTER[ integer-4[ DEPENDING ON item-name-5]]

DATABASE-KEY 

⎩ ⎩DATABASE-KEY-LONG ⎭⎭
[OCCURS integer-5 TIMES].}...
The record entry is used to assign a name to a record type. At the sa me time, it can be used
to define:
– the allocation of records to realms,
– the sequence of records for sequential processing,
– additional access paths for direct access via pr imary and secondary keys,
– all record elements to be included in the record type.