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This method defines an IBM i physical file (table) or logical file (view) in the calling scope, defines the file's record formats and fields, and creates a file instance that can be used to perform record I/O operations on the file. This method serves the same purpose as an RPG disk file specification.

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Element name
Element type
Description
readBoolean

Set to True to allow records to be retrieved

updateBooleanSet to True to allow records to be updated
deleteBooleanSet to True to allow records to be deleted
writeBooleanSet to True to allow records to be inserted
keyedBooleanSet to True to enable keyed record access. Otherwise records will be accessed by relative record number
userOpenBoolean

Set to True to enable user-controlled file open / close using the file.open() and file.close() methods. Otherwise the file will be opened automatically before this method returns and closed automatically when the calling function ends.

infDSStringName of a File Information data structure which will be populated with feedback information after each file method call. The data structure must be defined in the calling scope using pjs.define().
qualifiedBooleanSet to True to qualify field names with the internal file and record format names
includeArrayA list of record formats to define in the calling scope. If omitted, all record format names are included.
ignoreArrayA list of record formats to ignore. If omitted, all record format names are included.
renameObjectA list of record formats to rename. The record format name given by each object property is set to the name given in the corresponding value.
recnoStringThe name of a field that receives the relative record number after a successful input operation. The field must be defined in the calling scope using pjs.define().
likeFileStringThe internal name of another file defined using this method in the calling scope. This defines another instance of the file using the same configuration options.
levelIdsArrayA list of level identifiers for each record format in the file. If specified, record format level checks are performed before opening the file. Otherwise, no level checks are done.
userDefinedDataAnySpecifies user-defined general purpose data associated with the table configuration.
prefixObject / String

Defines a prefix that will be used to partially rename all the fields of the Rich Display File. This property can be defined in 2 different ways.

  1. As an object of the following format:
    {
     "numberOfCharsToReplace": nn, //numeric value indicating the number of characters, if any, in the existing field names to replace with the prefix
     "prefix": "xxxx" //string prefix value. If numberOfCharsToReplace is not defined or is 0, then the prefix is appended to the beginning of the field names 
    }
     
  2. As a string value that will be appended to the beginning of the field names.
driverStringOptionally specifies the database driver to use for this table. Shipped drivers include "IBMi" and "jsonDB". If this configuration option is not specified, the global dbDriver configuration setting is used.
templateBooleanIf set to True, the the declared file cannot be opened and used for I/O, but its record formats and fields can be used as templates for field definitions by using the options 'like', 'likeRec', and 'extName' with pjs.define().
staticBooleanIf set to True, the file will hold its state across calls to the function. If the file is open when the function, then the file will still be open on the next call to the function.
aliasBooleanIf set to True, the alias (alternate) names will be used, if present, for the fields associated with the file and also for subfield names in data structures defined with the 'likeRec' option.
likeFile

StringSet to the name of a previously defined table which will be used to derive the table definition.
renameFieldsString

Object containing field names to rename within the Rich Display File; the field names are given as properties of this object and their new names as values of these properties.

For example:

{
 "field1": "newField1",
 "field2": "newField2"
}

If a prefix is defined, the renameFields object properties must be defined with the prefix in place in order for those fields to be renamed.

For example, if the property prefix is defined as string "EX", then renameFields might look like this:

{
 "EXfield1": "newField1",
 "EXfield2": "newField2"
}


Examples

Code Block
languagejavascript
titleDefine table for reading records
pjs.defineTable("productsp", { read: true });
productsp.fetchNext();

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