Input fields, The cics-dbctl interface, The help panels – IBM CICS Transaction Server for OS/390 SC33-1686-02 User Manual

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Figure 10. CICS-DBCTL Group Maintenance panel

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Input fields

| The input fields are:

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Action

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Group

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IMS Command

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IMS Command parameters

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| Group, IMS Command and IMS Command parameters are
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| GROUP command file” on page 16

| The Action field will accept one of the following:

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Add

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Add a new record to the DFHDBFK file. If the key

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already exists, the Add fails.

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Note: To Add a record that is very similar to an existing

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record, but which has a different key, you may

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find it helpful to Read the existing record, modify

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the displayed fields, and then Add this new

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record.

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Browse

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Displays the contents of the command file, record by

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record. Specify any key (or none) to indicate where you

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want the browse to start. Each time you press ENTER,

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Browse moves on to the next record. At the end of the

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file you will be prompted to wrap around to the start of

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the file. You can accept this or not as you prefer.

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Incomplete keys, and unknown keys are also acceptable

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as start points. If no key is provided, the browse starts at

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the first record in the file.

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If you have used Browse to locate a specific record for

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deletion or for update, remember to use Read before

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either Delete or Update.

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Delete

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Delete a record from the DFHDBFK file. A Delete must

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be immediately preceded by a Read to lock the required

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record.

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Read

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Read displays a specific record. Unlike Browse it does

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not operate on partial, or absent keys, and does not

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present the next record when you press ENTER.

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Read is required before those actions (Delete and

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Update) which change an existing record. It locks that

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record against the possibility of being changed by

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another operator. This action also serves to help you

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confirm that the correct record has been selected.

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A lock is released by exiting the CDBM maintenance

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panel, or by your next CDBM Maintenance action

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(whether that is the Update or Delete you had

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contemplated, or something different entirely).

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Update

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Update a record in the DFHDBFK file. An Update must

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be immediately preceded by a Read to lock the required

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record.

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You cannot update the key fields (GROUP and IMS

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COMMAND).

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Note: Use Add to create a new key.

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Key refers to the 22

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characters at the beginning of each record in the

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DFHDBFK file (namely the GROUP and IMS

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COMMAND).

The CICS-DBCTL interface

For detailed information about the CICS-DBCTL interface
and guidance on using the CDBM transaction with databases
controlled using DBCTL, see the

CICS IMS Database Control

Guide.

The HELP panels

| If you press the help key (PF1) from the CICS-DBCTL
| Operator Transaction panel, you get the panel shown in

Figure 11 on page 18.

Chapter 5. Database control interface CDBM

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