PAD control statement

Specifies the padding character to fill out the segments to adjust to the length that is defined in the DBD definition.

The segments are padded in the following cases:
  • When a segment edit/compression exit is not used and the length of fixed-length segments is increased because the DBD definition changed.
  • When a segment edit/compression exit is used and the length of fixed-length segments is shorter than the maximum number of bytes defined by the COMPRTN parameter in the DBD definition.
  • When the length of variable-length segments is shorter than the minimum segment length defined in the DBD definition.

This control statement is optional. The default is PAD=X'00'.

Read syntax diagramSkip visual syntax diagramPAD=X'00'X' nn'
nn
The 2-digit hexadecimal code for the padding character. For example, PAD=X'FF'.
Tip: You can change the default value of this control statement by creating an Installation Default Option Table (HPSCOPTI). For more information, see Setting installation default options.