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ITEM_DESCRIPTION

 

The DDL category item_description holds a description for each data item. The key item for this category is item_description.name which is defined in the parent category item. The text of the item description is held by item _item_description.description. A single description may be provided for each data item.

The DDL for the item_description category is given in the following section.

save_ITEM_DESCRIPTION

    _category.description
;
     This category holds the descriptions of each data item.
;
    _category.id                         item_description
    _category.mandatory_code             yes 
     loop_
    _category_key.name                 '_item_description.name'
                                       '_item_description.description'
     loop_
    _category_group.id                   'ddl_group'
                                         'item_group'
     save_



save__item_description.description      

    _item_description.description
;
     Text decription of the defined data item.                              
;
    _item.name                         '_item_description.description'       
    _item.category_id                    item_description
    _item.mandatory_code                 yes 
    _item_type.code                      text
     save_



John Westbrook
Thu Apr 11 06:25:55 EDT 1996