Record Formats: Fixed Length

• Information about field types same for all records in a file; stored in system catalogs.

• Finding i’th field requires scan of record.

• Note the importance of schema information!

Base address (B)

L1

L2

L3

L4

F1

F2

F3

F4

Address = B+L1+L2

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