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" With no DDS source, then Record Length (RCDLEN) is specified and the File Type (FILETYPE) is either Data (PF-DTA) or Source (PF-SRC). The former type is a flat-file, and the latter is a special variant of a flat-file with an actual [rather than pseudo] external description that is called a Source Physical File. The SQL catalogs are for the SQL so they need not track that which the SQL does not support; /flat files/ have very limited support, and no support via the catalogs. The SQL supports only that which..."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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