Multiple choice technology databases

MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FIELDS ALLOWED PER SEGMENT?

  1. 15

  2. 255

  3. 1000

  4. 1
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Explanation

In IMS DB, a segment can contain a maximum of 255 fields (also called sensitive fields or SENFLDs). This is a hard architectural limit imposed by the IMS database system design. Each field definition within a segment counts toward this total.

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