what is flat structure

[laxman_sankhla3]

what is flat structure

[Former Member]

A structure which has just fields and NO NESTED structures is called a FLAT structure.

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Ravi

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[Former Member]

Flatstructures contain only elementary data types of fixed length (no internal tables, reference types, or strings). The term flat structure can apply regardless of whether the structure is nested or not. Nested structures are flat so long as none of the specified types is contained in any nesting level.

[Former Member]

hi laxman,

Flatstructures contain only elementary data types of fixed length (no internal tables, reference types, or strings). The term flat structure can apply regardless of whether the structure is nested or not. Nested structures are flat so long as none of the specified types is contained in any nesting level.

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GUDURI

[Former Member]

Hi,

Flat structure is one which references elementary types.Flatstructures contain only elementary data types of fixed length (no internal tables, reference types, or strings). The term flat structure can apply regardless of whether the structure is nested or not.Only in the case of flat structures is the data content of the structure actually within the memory of the structure itself. Assignments, offset and length specifications and other operations are handled differently from flat structures.

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[sourabhshah]

hi,

Flat structures contain only fields of the elementary types C, N, D, T, F, I, P, and X, or structures containing these types.

Deep structures contain strings, internal tables and field or object references in addition to the elementary types.

Nested structures are structures that contain substructures as components.

Non-nested structures are structures that do not contain any substructures.

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Sourabh