In the following example,  VAX  DATATRIEVE  displays  the  TRANS_DATE
  field   as   a   series  of  three  2-digit  numbers  in  the  format
  month/day/year.

  TRANSACTION STRUCTURE    OCCURS 1 TO 99 TIMES
                           DEPENDING ON TRANSACTION_COUNT.
      TRANS_DATE           DATATYPE IS DATE
                           EDIT_STRING FOR DATATRIEVE
                           IS "MM/DD/YY".
      ORDER_NUMBER         DATATYPE IS UNSIGNED NUMERIC
                           SIZE IS 10 DIGITS.
      AMOUNT               DATATYPE IS UNSIGNED NUMERIC
                           SIZE IS 8 DIGITS 2 FRACTIONS
                           INITIAL VALUE IS 0.
  END TRANSACTION STRUCTURE.