Naming File Layouts, Records, and Fields

File layout names can be 30 characters in length, and file record and file field names can be 15 characters in length. All names should follow PeopleSoft naming standards.

Each file record within a file layout must have a unique name, but one file record can have the same name as the file layout. Each file field within a given file record must have a unique name, but file fields in different file records can have the same name.

Using WriteRecord, ReadRowset, and WriteRowset

If you use the WriteRecord, ReadRowset, or WriteRowset file layout methods for writing to or reading from records, the application record and the file record must have the same name, and the application record fields and the file fields must have the same names. These methods write only to like-named records and like-named fields within a given record. If you rename a record or a field after you use it to create a file layout definition, you must rename the file record or file field to the exact same name.

In a file layout definition containing more than one record, the system ignores records and fields that are not like-named. Like-named records do not have to contain all of the same fields, and like-named fields do not have to be the same length. Like-named fields should, however, be of the same type.