| Reading Raw Data in Fixed Fields |
| Record
Formats |
| The record format of an external file may have some impact
on how data is read with column and formatted input. A record format specifies
the characteristics of the organization of records in a file.
Some operating systems can have external files with different types of record formats. Two common record formats are fixed-length records and variable-length records. External files with a fixed-length record format have an end-of-record marker after a predetermined number of columns. A typical record length is 80 columns. |
| Variable-Length
Records
Files with a variable-length record format have an end-of-record marker after the last field in each record. As you can see, the length of each record varies. |
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