The following example shows how to edit the definition for the record YACHT: DTR> EDIT YACHT REDEFINE RECORD YACHT USING 01 BOAT. 03 TYPE. 06 MANUFACTURER PIC X(10) QUERY_NAME IS BUILDER. 06 MODEL PIC X(10). 03 SPECIFICATIONS QUERY_NAME SPECS. 06 RIG PIC X(6) VALID IF RIG EQ "SLOOP","KETCH","MS","YAWL". 06 LENGTH_OVER_ALL PIC XXX VALID IF LOA BETWEEN 15 AND 50 QUERY_NAME IS LOA. 06 DISPLACEMENT PIC 99999 QUERY_HEADER IS "WEIGHT" EDIT_STRING IS ZZ,ZZ9 QUERY_NAME IS DISP. 06 BEAM PIC 99 MISSING VALUE IS 0. 06 PRICE PIC 99999 MISSING VALUE IS 0 VALID IF PRICE>DISP*1.3 OR PRICE EQ 0 EDIT_STRING IS $$$,$$$. ; [Record is 41 bytes long.] You can now edit the record definition. If SET EDIT_BACKUP is in effect, the old version of the YACHT record is retained in the data dictionary when you exit the editor.