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The DESCRIPTION command defines the format of a record in a datastore. The format can be defined by:

•COBOL copybook

•IMS Hierarchical DBDs

•Relational Table DDL

•XML Document Type Definition (DTD)

•C header

•Directly from a relational database catalog.

Most but not every Data Type is also supported both for capture and replication. Some however cannot be mapped to dissimilar Data Types on other platforms . See the table of Supported Data Types.

The DESCRIPTION command is used in conjunction with the DATASTORE command and must be specified before the corresponding DATASTORE command.

See Commands: DESCRIPTION for a detailed description, its Syntax, Parameters and Examples.