HP Integrity NonStop J-Series - Manual (Page 67)

DEVELOPING A DATA BASE
Creating a Dictionary
Creating a Dictionary
Once you write your RECORD statements in an edit-type file, you
can use the DDL compiler either to create a new dictionary for
the record descriptions or to add the record descriptions to an
existing dictionary. By including a special command when you use
the DDL compiler, you can also tell the compiler to write FUP
file-creation commands that you can use later to create your data
base files.
To use the DDL compiler, enter a command with the following DDL
COMMAND syntax from the command interpreter:
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| DDL/IN <ddl-source-file>/ [ <command> ] [ , <command> ... ] |
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| <ddl-source-file> |
| |
| is the name of an edit-type file containing one or more |
| DEFINITION or RECORD statements or DDL compiler |
| commands. |
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| <command> |
| |
| is any DDL compiler command. Refer to the Data |
| Definition Language Reference Manual for a complete list |
| of DDL compiler commands. |
| |
| DDL compiler commands that are relevant when creating a |
| data base for an ENABLE application are as follows: |
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| DICT [!] |
| |
| creates a new dictionary for the record descriptions |
| or adds the record descriptions to an existing |
| dictionary. To purge an existing dictionary and add |
| the record to a new dictionary, include the |
| exclamation point (!). |
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| FUP <file-name> [!] |
| |
| tells the DDL compiler to create <file-name> if it |
| doesn't already exist and to write the FUP file- |
| creation commands to this file. To purge any |
| previous contents of <file-name>, include the |
| exclamation point (!). |
| |
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