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HPCC-11031 Edits based upon review

Signed-off-by: Jim DeFabia <jamesdefabia@lexisnexis.com>
Jim DeFabia 10 years ago
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+ 6 - 7
docs/ECLLanguageReference/ECLR_mods/BltInFunc-BUILD.xml

@@ -459,13 +459,12 @@
             <row>
               <entry><emphasis role="bold">MAXLENGTH</emphasis></entry>
 
-              <entry>Optional. Specifies the maximum length of a
-              variable-length index record. Fixed length records always use
-              the minimum size required. Indexes can be made backward
-              compatible for platform versions prior to 3.0 by adding the
-              MAXLENGTH option to the BUILD action. If the default maximum
-              length causes inefficiency problems, it can be explicitly
-              overridden.</entry>
+              <entry>Optional. This option is used to create indexes that are
+              backward compatible for platform versions prior to 3.0.
+              Specifies the maximum length of a variable-length index record.
+              Fixed length records always use the minimum size required. If
+              the default maximum length causes inefficiency problems, it can
+              be explicitly overridden.</entry>
             </row>
 
             <row>

+ 7 - 5
docs/ECLLanguageReference/ECLR_mods/RecordStructure.xml

@@ -66,10 +66,12 @@
         <row>
           <entry><emphasis role="bold">MAXLENGTH</emphasis></entry>
 
-          <entry>Optional. Specifies the maximum number of characters allowed
-          in the RECORD structure or field. MAXLENGTH on the RECORD structure
-          overrides any MAXLENGTH on a field definition, which overrides any
-          MAXLENGTH specified in the TYPE structure<indexterm>
+          <entry>Optional. This option is used to create indexes that are
+          backward compatible for platform versions prior to 3.0. Specifies
+          the maximum number of characters allowed in the RECORD structure or
+          field. MAXLENGTH on the RECORD structure overrides any MAXLENGTH on
+          a field definition, which overrides any MAXLENGTH specified in the
+          TYPE structure<indexterm>
               <primary>TYPE structure</primary>
             </indexterm> if the <emphasis>datatype</emphasis> names an alien
           data type. This option defines the maximum size of variable-length
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@
           <emphasis>#OPTION(maxLength,####)</emphasis> to change the default).
           The maximum record size should be set as conservatively as possible,
           and is better set on a per-field basis (see the <emphasis
-          role="bold">Field Modifiers</emphasis>section below).</entry>
+          role="bold">Field Modifiers</emphasis>section below). </entry>
         </row>
 
         <row>

+ 6 - 6
docs/ECLLanguageReference/ECLR_mods/Recrd-Index.xml

@@ -204,12 +204,12 @@
         <row>
           <entry><emphasis role="bold">MAXLENGTH</emphasis></entry>
 
-          <entry>Optional. Specifies the maximum length of a variable-length
-          index record. Fixed length records always use the minimum size
-          required. Indexes can be made backward compatible for platform
-          versions prior to 3.0 by adding the MAXLENGTH option to the BUILD
-          action. If the default maximum length causes inefficiency problems,
-          it can be explicitly overridden.</entry>
+          <entry>Optional. This option is used to create indexes that are
+          backward compatible for platform versions prior to 3.0. Specifies
+          the maximum length of a variable-length index record. Fixed length
+          records always use the minimum size required. If the default maximum
+          length causes inefficiency problems, it can be explicitly
+          overridden.</entry>
         </row>
 
         <row>