diff --git a/src/dbStatic/dbBase.h b/src/dbStatic/dbBase.h
index d5a9f637c..de0060de8 100644
--- a/src/dbStatic/dbBase.h
+++ b/src/dbStatic/dbBase.h
@@ -107,10 +107,18 @@ typedef struct dbFldDes{  /* field description */
 	short	offset;		/*Offset in bytes from beginning of record*/
 }dbFldDes;
 
+typedef struct dbInfoNode {	/*non-field per-record information*/
+	ELLNODE		node;
+	char		*name;
+	char		*string;
+	void		*pointer;
+}dbInfoNode;
+
 typedef struct dbRecordNode {
 	ELLNODE		node;
 	void		*precord;
 	char		*recordname;
+	ELLLIST		infoList;	/*LIST head of info nodes*/
 	int		visible;
 }dbRecordNode;
 
@@ -124,11 +132,17 @@ typedef struct dbRecordAttribute {
 	char		value[MAX_STRING_SIZE];
 }dbRecordAttribute;
 
+typedef struct dbCdefText {
+	ELLNODE		node;
+	char		*text;
+}dbCdefText;
+
 typedef struct dbRecordType {
 	ELLNODE		node;
 	ELLLIST		attributeList;	/*LIST head of attributes*/
 	ELLLIST		recList;	/*LIST head of sorted dbRecordNodes*/
 	ELLLIST		devList;	/*List of associated device support*/
+	ELLLIST		cdefList;	/*LIST of Cdef text items*/
 	char		*name;
 	short		no_fields;	/* number of fields defined	*/
 	short		no_prompt;	/* number of fields to configure*/
@@ -153,5 +167,6 @@ typedef struct dbBase {
 	void		*ppvd;      /* pointer to process variable directory*/
 	void		*pgpHash;	/*General purpose Hash Table*/
 	short		ignoreMissingMenus;
+	short		loadCdefs;
 }dbBase;
 #endif
diff --git a/src/dbStatic/dbLex.l b/src/dbStatic/dbLex.l
index ccb7f1726..89764aa9c 100644
--- a/src/dbStatic/dbLex.l
+++ b/src/dbStatic/dbLex.l
@@ -18,24 +18,25 @@ static int yyreset(void)
 
 %%
 
-"include"	{return(tokenINCLUDE);}
-"path"		{return(tokenPATH);}
-"addpath"	{return(tokenADDPATH);}
-"menu"		{return(tokenMENU);}
-"choice"	{return(tokenCHOICE);}
-"recordtype"	{return(tokenRECORDTYPE);}
-"field"		{return(tokenFIELD);}
-"device"	{return(tokenDEVICE);}
-"driver"	{return(tokenDRIVER);}
-"breaktable"	{return(tokenBREAKTABLE);}
-"record"	{return(tokenRECORD);}
-"grecord"	{return(tokenGRECORD);}
+"include"	return(tokenINCLUDE);
+"path"		return(tokenPATH);
+"addpath"	return(tokenADDPATH);
+"menu"		return(tokenMENU);
+"choice"	return(tokenCHOICE);
+"recordtype"	return(tokenRECORDTYPE);
+"field"		return(tokenFIELD);
+"device"	return(tokenDEVICE);
+"driver"	return(tokenDRIVER);
+"breaktable"	return(tokenBREAKTABLE);
+"record"	return(tokenRECORD);
+"grecord"	return(tokenGRECORD);
+"info"		return(tokenINFO);
 
 [0-9]+ { /*integer number*/
 	yylval.Str = (char *)dbmfMalloc(strlen(yytext)+1);
 	strcpy(yylval.Str,yytext);
 	return(tokenSTRING); 
-	}
+}
 
 -?(([0-9]+)|([0-9]*\.[0-9]+)([eE][-+]?[0-9]+)?) { /*real number*/
 	yylval.Str = (char *)dbmfMalloc(strlen(yytext)+1);
@@ -51,29 +52,37 @@ static int yyreset(void)
 }
 
 \"{string}*\" { /*quoted string*/
-	yylval.Str = (char *)dbmfMalloc(strlen(yytext)+1);
-	strcpy(yylval.Str,yytext+1);
-	yylval.Str[strlen(yylval.Str)-1] = '\0';
-	return(tokenSTRING); 
+	int nchars=strlen(yytext);
+	yylval.Str = (char *)dbmfMalloc(nchars-1);
+	strncpy(yylval.Str, yytext+1, nchars-2);
+	yylval.Str[nchars-2] = '\0';
+	return(tokenSTRING);
 }
 
-"{"     { return(yytext[0]);      }
-"}"     { return(yytext[0]);      }
-"("     { return(yytext[0]);      }
-")"     { return(yytext[0]);      }
-","	{ return(yytext[0]);	}
-#.*	{ ;}
+%.*	{ /*C definition in recordtype*/
+	yylval.Str = (char *)dbmfMalloc(strlen(yytext));
+	strcpy(yylval.Str,yytext+1);
+	return(tokenCDEFS);
+}
+
+"{"	return(yytext[0]);
+"}"	return(yytext[0]);
+"("	return(yytext[0]);
+")"	return(yytext[0]);
+","	return(yytext[0]);
+\#.*	;
 [ \t\r]	;
-\n      { ;}
-.       { 
-		char message[20];
-		YY_BUFFER_STATE *dummy=0;
-	  
-		sprintf(message,"invalid character '%c'",yytext[0]);
-	  	yyerror(message);
-		/*The following suppresses compiler warning messages*/
-		if(FALSE) yyunput('c',message);
-		if(FALSE) yy_switch_to_buffer(*dummy);
-	}
+\n	;
+
+.	{ 
+	char message[20];
+	YY_BUFFER_STATE *dummy=0;
+
+	sprintf(message,"invalid character '%c'",yytext[0]);
+	yyerror(message);
+	/*The following suppresses compiler warning messages*/
+	if(FALSE) yyunput('c',message);
+	if(FALSE) yy_switch_to_buffer(*dummy);
+}
 
 %%
diff --git a/src/dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c b/src/dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c
index 629aaae91..216827c2a 100644
--- a/src/dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c
+++ b/src/dbStatic/dbLexRoutines.c
@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ static void dbRecordtypeHead(char *name)
     }
     pdbRecordType = dbCalloc(1,sizeof(dbRecordType));
     pdbRecordType->name = strduplicate(name);
+    if (pdbbase->loadCdefs) ellInit(&pdbRecordType->cdefList);
     if(ellCount(&tempList))
 	yyerrorAbort("dbRecordtypeHead tempList not empty");
     allocTemp(pdbRecordType);
@@ -582,6 +583,22 @@ static void dbRecordtypeFieldItem(char *name,char *value)
     }
 }
 
+static void dbRecordtypeCdef(char *text) {
+    dbCdefText		*pdbCdef;
+    tempListNode	*ptempListNode;
+    dbRecordType	*pdbRecordType;
+    
+    if (!pdbbase->loadCdefs || duplicate) return;
+    ptempListNode = (tempListNode *)ellFirst(&tempList);
+    pdbRecordType = ptempListNode->item;
+    
+    pdbCdef = dbCalloc(1,sizeof(dbCdefText));
+    if (text[0] == ' ') text++;	/* strip leading space if present */
+    pdbCdef->text = strduplicate(text);
+    ellAdd(&pdbRecordType->cdefList, &pdbCdef->node);
+    return;
+}
+
 static void dbRecordtypeBody(void)
 {
     dbRecordType		*pdbRecordType;
@@ -866,6 +883,23 @@ static void dbRecordField(char *name,char *value)
     }
 }
 
+static void dbRecordInfo(char *name, char *value)
+{
+    DBENTRY		*pdbentry;
+    tempListNode	*ptempListNode;
+    long		status;
+
+    if(duplicate) return;
+    ptempListNode = (tempListNode *)ellFirst(&tempList);
+    pdbentry = ptempListNode->item;
+    status = dbPutInfo(pdbentry,name,value);
+    if(status) {
+	errMessage(status,"");
+	yyerror(NULL);
+	return;
+    }
+}
+
 static void dbRecordBody(void)
 {
     DBENTRY	*pdbentry;
diff --git a/src/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c b/src/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c
index d6e73c030..2c2df6c46 100644
--- a/src/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c
+++ b/src/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.c
@@ -923,6 +923,12 @@ long epicsShareAPI dbWriteRecordFP(DBBASE *pdbbase,FILE *fp,char *precordTypenam
 		}
 		status=dbNextField(pdbentry,dctonly);
 	    }
+	    status = dbFirstInfo(pdbentry);
+	    while(!status) {
+		fprintf(fp,"\tinfo(\"%s\",\"%s\")\n",
+			dbGetInfoName(pdbentry), dbGetInfoString(pdbentry));
+		status=dbNextInfo(pdbentry);
+	    }
 	    fprintf(fp,"}\n");
 	    status = dbNextRecord(pdbentry);
 	}
@@ -1441,6 +1447,7 @@ long epicsShareAPI dbCreateRecord(DBENTRY *pdbentry,char *precordName)
     pdbentry->precnode = pNewRecNode;
     if((status = dbAllocRecord(pdbentry,precordName))) return(status);
     pNewRecNode->recordname = dbRecordName(pdbentry);
+    ellInit(&pNewRecNode->infoList);
     /* install record node in list in sorted postion */
     status = dbFirstRecord(pdbentry);
     while(status==0) {
@@ -1471,6 +1478,9 @@ long epicsShareAPI dbDeleteRecord(DBENTRY *pdbentry)
     preclist = &precordType->recList;
     ellDelete(preclist,&precnode->node);
     dbPvdDelete(pdbbase,precnode);
+    while (!dbFirstInfo(pdbentry)) {
+	dbDeleteInfo(pdbentry);
+    }
     if((status = dbFreeRecord(pdbentry))) return(status);
     free((void *)precnode);
     pdbentry->precnode = NULL;
@@ -1680,6 +1690,13 @@ long epicsShareAPI dbCopyRecord(DBENTRY *pdbentry,char *newRecordName,int overWr
 	    exit(1);
 	}
     }
+    /*Copy the info strings too*/
+    status = dbFirstInfo(pdbentry);
+    while (!status) {
+	status = dbPutInfo(&dbentry, dbGetInfoName(pdbentry), dbGetInfoString(pdbentry));
+	if (status) return (status);
+	status = dbNextInfo(pdbentry);
+    }
     /*Leave pdbentry pointing to newRecordName*/
     return(dbFindRecord(pdbentry,newRecordName));
 }
@@ -2484,6 +2501,143 @@ char *epicsShareAPI dbGetRange(DBENTRY *pdbentry)
     strcpy(message,"Not a valid field type");
     return (message);
 }
+
+long epicsShareAPI dbFirstInfo(DBENTRY *pdbentry)
+{
+    dbRecordNode *precnode = pdbentry->precnode;
+    
+    pdbentry->pinfonode = NULL;
+    if (!precnode) return (S_dbLib_recNotFound);
+    
+    pdbentry->pinfonode = (dbInfoNode *)ellFirst(&precnode->infoList);
+    return (pdbentry->pinfonode ? 0 : S_dbLib_infoNotFound);
+}
+
+long epicsShareAPI dbNextInfo(DBENTRY *pdbentry)
+{
+    dbRecordNode *precnode = pdbentry->precnode;
+    dbInfoNode *pinfo;
+    
+    if (!precnode) return (S_dbLib_recNotFound);
+    pinfo = pdbentry->pinfonode;
+    if (!pinfo) return (S_dbLib_infoNotFound);
+    
+    pinfo = (dbInfoNode *)ellNext(&pinfo->node);
+    pdbentry->pinfonode = pinfo;
+    return (pinfo ? 0 : S_dbLib_infoNotFound);
+}
+
+long epicsShareAPI dbFindInfo(DBENTRY *pdbentry,const char *name)
+{
+    dbRecordNode *precnode = pdbentry->precnode;
+    dbInfoNode *pinfo;
+    
+    pdbentry->pinfonode = NULL;
+    if (!precnode) return(S_dbLib_recNotFound);
+    
+    pinfo = (dbInfoNode *)ellFirst(&precnode->infoList);
+    while (pinfo) {
+	if (!strcmp(pinfo->name, name)) {
+	    pdbentry->pinfonode = pinfo;
+	    return (0);
+	}
+	pinfo = (dbInfoNode *)ellNext(&pinfo->node);
+    }
+    return (S_dbLib_infoNotFound);
+}
+
+long epicsShareAPI dbDeleteInfo(DBENTRY *pdbentry)
+{
+    dbRecordNode	*precnode = pdbentry->precnode;
+    dbInfoNode		*pinfo = pdbentry->pinfonode;
+    
+    if (!precnode) return (S_dbLib_recNotFound);
+    if (!pinfo) return (S_dbLib_infoNotFound);
+    ellDelete(&precnode->infoList,&pinfo->node);
+    free(pinfo->name);
+    free(pinfo->string);
+    free(pinfo);
+    pdbentry->pinfonode = NULL;
+    return (0);
+}
+
+const char * epicsShareAPI dbGetInfoName(DBENTRY *pdbentry)
+{
+    dbInfoNode *pinfo = pdbentry->pinfonode;
+    if (!pinfo) return (NULL);
+    return (pinfo->name);
+}
+
+const char * epicsShareAPI dbGetInfoString(DBENTRY *pdbentry)
+{
+    dbInfoNode *pinfo = pdbentry->pinfonode;
+    if (!pinfo) return (NULL);
+    return (pinfo->string);
+}
+
+long epicsShareAPI dbPutInfoString(DBENTRY *pdbentry,const char *string)
+{
+    dbInfoNode *pinfo = pdbentry->pinfonode;
+    char *newstring;
+    if (!pinfo) return (S_dbLib_infoNotFound);
+    newstring = realloc(pinfo->string,1+strlen(string));
+    if (!newstring) return (S_dbLib_outMem);
+    strcpy(newstring, string);
+    pinfo->string = newstring;
+    return (0);
+}
+
+long epicsShareAPI dbPutInfoPointer(DBENTRY *pdbentry, void *pointer)
+{
+    dbInfoNode *pinfo = pdbentry->pinfonode;
+    if (!pinfo) return (S_dbLib_infoNotFound);
+    pinfo->pointer = pointer;
+    return (0);
+}
+
+const char * epicsShareAPI dbGetInfoPointer(DBENTRY *pdbentry)
+{
+    dbInfoNode *pinfo = pdbentry->pinfonode;
+    if (!pinfo) return (NULL);
+    return (pinfo->pointer);
+}
+
+const char * epicsShareAPI dbGetInfo(DBENTRY *pdbentry,const char *name)
+{
+    dbFindInfo(pdbentry, name);
+    return (dbGetInfoString(pdbentry));
+}
+
+long epicsShareAPI dbPutInfo(DBENTRY *pdbentry,const char *name,const char *string)
+{
+    dbInfoNode *pinfo;
+    dbRecordNode *precnode = pdbentry->precnode;
+    if (!precnode) return (S_dbLib_recNotFound);
+    
+    dbFindInfo(pdbentry, name);
+    pinfo = pdbentry->pinfonode;
+    if (pinfo) return (dbPutInfoString(pdbentry, string));
+    
+    /*Create new info node*/
+    pinfo = calloc(1,sizeof(dbInfoNode));
+    if (!pinfo) return (S_dbLib_outMem);
+    pinfo->name = calloc(1,1+strlen(name));
+    if (!pinfo->name) {
+	free(pinfo);
+	return (S_dbLib_outMem);
+    }
+    strcpy(pinfo->name, name);
+    pinfo->string = calloc(1,1+strlen(string));
+    if (!pinfo->string) {
+	free(pinfo->name);
+	free(pinfo);
+	return (S_dbLib_outMem);
+    }
+    strcpy(pinfo->string, string);
+    ellAdd(&precnode->infoList,&pinfo->node);
+    pdbentry->pinfonode = pinfo;
+    return (0);
+}
 
 brkTable * epicsShareAPI dbFindBrkTable(dbBase *pdbbase,char *name)
 {
diff --git a/src/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.h b/src/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.h
index e6b2a9a64..8acb23a1c 100644
--- a/src/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.h
+++ b/src/dbStatic/dbStaticLib.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ typedef struct{
 	dbRecordType	*precordType;
 	dbFldDes	*pflddes;
 	dbRecordNode	*precnode;
+	dbInfoNode	*pinfonode;
 	void	 	*pfield;
 	char		*message;
 	short		indfield;
@@ -159,6 +160,18 @@ epicsShareFunc char * epicsShareAPI dbVerify(DBENTRY *pdbentry,char *pstring);
 epicsShareFunc char * epicsShareAPI dbGetRange(DBENTRY *pdbentry);
 epicsShareFunc int  epicsShareAPI dbIsDefaultValue(DBENTRY *pdbentry);
 
+epicsShareFunc long epicsShareAPI dbFirstInfo(DBENTRY *pdbentry);
+epicsShareFunc long epicsShareAPI dbNextInfo(DBENTRY *pdbentry);
+epicsShareFunc long epicsShareAPI dbFindInfo(DBENTRY *pdbentry,const char *name);
+epicsShareFunc long epicsShareAPI dbDeleteInfo(DBENTRY *pdbentry);
+epicsShareFunc const char * epicsShareAPI dbGetInfoName(DBENTRY *pdbentry);
+epicsShareFunc const char * epicsShareAPI dbGetInfoString(DBENTRY *pdbentry);
+epicsShareFunc long epicsShareAPI dbPutInfoString(DBENTRY *pdbentry,const char *string);
+epicsShareFunc long epicsShareAPI dbPutInfoPointer(DBENTRY *pdbentry, void *pointer);
+epicsShareFunc const char * epicsShareAPI dbGetInfoPointer(DBENTRY *pdbentry);
+epicsShareFunc const char * epicsShareAPI dbGetInfo(DBENTRY *pdbentry,const char *name);
+epicsShareFunc long epicsShareAPI dbPutInfo(DBENTRY *pdbentry,const char *name,const char *string);
+
 epicsShareFunc brkTable * epicsShareAPI dbFindBrkTable(DBBASE *pdbbase,char *name);
 
 epicsShareFunc dbMenu * epicsShareAPI dbFindMenu(DBBASE *pdbbase,char *name);
@@ -196,7 +209,7 @@ epicsShareFunc void epicsShareAPI dbPvdDump(DBBASE *pdbbase,int verbose);
 epicsShareFunc void epicsShareAPI dbReportDeviceConfig(DBBASE *pdbbase,FILE *report);
 
 /* Misc useful routines*/
-/*general purpose allocation routines to invoke calloc and maloc	*/
+/*general purpose allocation routines to invoke calloc and malloc	*/
 /* NOTE: These routines do NOT return if they fail.			*/
 epicsShareFunc void * epicsShareAPI dbCalloc(size_t nobj,size_t size);
 epicsShareFunc void * epicsShareAPI dbMalloc(size_t size);
@@ -217,4 +230,6 @@ extern int dbStaticDebug;
 #define S_dbLib_strLen (M_dbLib|21)		/*String is too long*/
 #define S_dbLib_noSizeOffset (M_dbLib|23)	/*Missing SizeOffset Routine - No record support?*/
 #define S_dbLib_noForm (M_dbLib|25)		/*dbAllocForm was not called*/
+#define S_dbLib_outMem (M_dbLib|27)		/*Out of memory*/
+#define S_dbLib_infoNotFound (M_dbLib|29)	/*Info item Not Found*/
 #endif /*INCdbStaticLibh*/
diff --git a/src/dbStatic/dbToRecordtypeH.c b/src/dbStatic/dbToRecordtypeH.c
index 4bc85b288..d56fd28a8 100644
--- a/src/dbStatic/dbToRecordtypeH.c
+++ b/src/dbStatic/dbToRecordtypeH.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ int main(int argc,char **argv)
     dbMenu	*pdbMenu;
     dbRecordType	*pdbRecordType;
     dbFldDes	*pdbFldDes;
+    dbCdefText	*pdbCdef;
     int		isdbCommonRecord = FALSE;
     char	*plastSlash;
     int		strip;
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ int main(int argc,char **argv)
     }
     pdbbase = dbAllocBase();
     pdbbase->ignoreMissingMenus = TRUE;
+    pdbbase->loadCdefs = TRUE;
     status = dbReadDatabase(&pdbbase,argv[1],path,sub);
     if(status)  {
 	fprintf(stderr,"Terminal error For input file %s\n",argv[1]);
@@ -221,6 +223,11 @@ int main(int argc,char **argv)
 		fprintf(outFile,"#define %sRecord%s\t%d\n",
 		    pdbRecordType->name,pdbFldDes->name,pdbFldDes->indRecordType);
 	    }
+	    pdbCdef = (dbCdefText *)ellFirst(&pdbRecordType->cdefList);
+	    while (pdbCdef) {
+		fprintf(outFile,"%s\n",pdbCdef->text);
+		pdbCdef = (dbCdefText *)ellNext(&pdbCdef->node);
+	    }
 	}
 	fprintf(outFile,"#endif /*INC%sH*/\n",pdbRecordType->name);
 	pdbRecordType = (dbRecordType *)ellNext(&pdbRecordType->node);
diff --git a/src/dbStatic/dbYacc.y b/src/dbStatic/dbYacc.y
index 63af2f6c5..5731b3881 100644
--- a/src/dbStatic/dbYacc.y
+++ b/src/dbStatic/dbYacc.y
@@ -10,10 +10,11 @@ static int yyAbort = 0;
 %start database
 
 %token tokenINCLUDE tokenPATH tokenADDPATH
-%token tokenMENU tokenCHOICE tokenRECORDTYPE tokenFIELD
+%token tokenMENU tokenCHOICE tokenRECORDTYPE
+%token tokenFIELD tokenINFO
 %token tokenDEVICE tokenDRIVER tokenBREAKTABLE
 %token tokenRECORD tokenGRECORD
-%token <Str> tokenSTRING
+%token <Str> tokenSTRING tokenCDEFS
 
 %union
 {
@@ -88,9 +89,14 @@ recordtype_body: '{' recordtype_field_list '}'
 };
 
 recordtype_field_list:	recordtype_field_list recordtype_field
-	|	recordtype_field;
+	| recordtype_field;
 
 recordtype_field: tokenFIELD recordtype_field_head recordtype_field_body
+	| tokenCDEFS
+{
+	if(dbStaticDebug>2) printf("recordtype_cdef %s", $1);
+	dbRecordtypeCdef($1);
+}
 	| include ;
 
 recordtype_field_head:	'(' tokenSTRING ',' tokenSTRING ')'
@@ -191,6 +197,11 @@ record_field: tokenFIELD '(' tokenSTRING ',' tokenSTRING ')'
 {
 	if(dbStaticDebug>2) printf("record_field %s %s\n",$3,$5);
 	dbRecordField($3,$5); dbmfFree($3); dbmfFree($5);
+}
+	| tokenINFO '(' tokenSTRING ',' tokenSTRING ')'
+{
+	if(dbStaticDebug>2) printf("record_info %s %s\n",$3,$5);
+	dbRecordInfo($3,$5); dbmfFree($3); dbmfFree($5);
 }
 	| include ;