Database file attributes

Database attributes, such as coded character set identifier (CCSID), sort sequence (SRTSEQ), and language identifier (LANGID), are cultural dependent.

The CCSID attribute applies only to physical files. The SRTSEQ and LANGID attributes can be used with both physical files and logical files. A logical file can have a CCSID value only when it has taken the CCSID from the physical file. The database attributes are stored with the data. They are static in the sense that they cannot be dynamically altered by the process of accessing the data.