HP 3000 Manuals HP 3000 Manuals
DICTIONARY/3000 Printed in U.S.A. HP 3000 Computer Systems HP Part No. 32244-90001 Edition E1287 Printed Dec 1987
The information contained in this document is subject to change without notice. HEWLETT-PACKARD MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WITH REGARD TO THIS MATERIAL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Hewlett-Packard shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, performance or use of this material. Hewlett-Packard assumes no responsibility for the use or reliability of its software on equipment that is not furnished by Hewlett-Packard. This document contains proprietary information which is protected by copyright. All rights are reserved. No part of this document may be photocopied, reproduced or translated to another language without the prior written consent of Hewlett-Packard Company. Copyright Æ 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987 by HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY PRINTING HISTORY New editions are complete revisions of the manual. Update packages, which are issued between editions, contain additional and replacement pages to be merged into the manual by the customer. The dates on the title page change only when a new edition or a new update is published. No information is incorporated into a reprinting unless it appears as a prior update; the edition does not change when an update is incorporated. The software code printed alongside the date indicates the version level of the software product at the time the manual or update was issued. Many product updates and fixes do not require manual changes and, conversely, manual corrections may be done without accompanying product changes. Therefore, do not expect a one to one correspondence between product updates and manual updates. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First Edition Jan 1981 32244A.00.00 Second Edition Jul 1982 32244A.00.00 Update #1 Nov 1982 32244A.01.00 Third Edition Jan 1984 32244A.02.00 Update #1 Apr 1984 32244A.02.01 Update #2 Dec 1984 32244A.02.01 Third Edition (Updates Dec 1987 32244A.02.01 1,2 incorp.) PREFACE This manual describes the Dictionary/3000 software system that operates on HP 3000 computers. It is the reference document for all persons involved in creating and maintaining a dictionary database and an IMAGE/3000 data base. It assumes a working knowledge of the HP 3000 computer system, including the IMAGE/3000 subsystem. This edition of the manual has been expanded to include the new Dictionary extract utilities for COBOL II/3000 and PASCAL/3000 data declarations, and for the new VPLUS forms file definition utility. In order to use these utilities, the manual assumes a working knowledge of COBOL II/3000, PASCAL/3000, and VPLUS/3000. Also included in this manual is information for the Inform Security feature. In addition, use of the Dictionary audit, load, and unload utilities can improve IMAGE/3000 response and allows faster application run time and increased throughput. Each utility provides benefits which are not included in IMAGE. For example, the primary benefit of the load and unload utilities, DICTDBL and DICTDBU, is that they allow selective loading and unloading of the data sets within a database. These can be used as tool to maintain the primary path sequence of the data in detail data sets. (DICTDBU and DICTDBL do not, however, provide a dynamic restructuring capability.) For full database loads and unloads, the DBLOAD and DBUNLOAD facilities provided with IMAGE are more efficient. DICTDBA, the audit utility, gives you a quick way to find out the synonym chain count and average chain length. By maintaining chain counts as low as possible, database performance is improved. In addition to this manual, you may need to consult the following manuals and self-paced courses: Manual and Manual Part Number MPE Command Reference Manual 30000-90009 MPE Error Messages and Recovery Manual 30000-90102 Using Files 30000-90015 IMAGE/3000 Reference Manual 32215-90003 VPLUS/3000 Reference Manual 32209-90001 KSAM/3000 Reference Manual 30000-90079 Transact/3000 Reference Manual 32247-90001 HP Inform/3000 User's Guide 32246-90001 PASCAL/3000 Reference Manual 32106-90001 COBOL II/3000 Reference Manual 32233-90001 Self-Paced Course and Course Product Number Programming in Transact/3000 22842A Using Dictionary/3000 22843B
WARNING The Data Dictionary integrity can be destroyed by using a utility that is not listed below. Therefore, only the following utilities will be supported by Hewlett-Packard when used against the Data Dictionary: DICTINIT DICTDBM DICTDBM,UTIL DICTDBD DICTDBA DICTDBC DICTVPD DICTCDE DICTPDE DBSTORE/DBRESTOR *STORE/RESTORE *SYSDUMP Hewlett-Packard will investigate and attempt to resolve problems resulting from the use of utilities that do not appear on the above list. This service is not provided under HP's standard support agreements, but is available on a time and material basis. HEWLETT-PACKARD IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM CUSTOMER'S USE OF THE DATA DICTIONARY WITH UTILITIES NOT LISTED ABOVE. *Please note that STORE/RESTORE and SYSDUMP will be supported only when used on the Data Dictionary in its entirety (e.g., the root file and all the data sets).
CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL NOTATION DESCRIPTION NONITALICS In a syntax statement, words that are not in italics can be entered in upper or lowercase characters. Punctuation characters other than brackets, braces and ellipses must be entered exactly as shown. For example: COMMAND Italics In a syntax statement, words that are in italics denote a parameter which you must replace with a user-supplied variable. For example: COMMAND FileName [ ] An element inside brackets in a syntax statement is optional. When several elements are stacked inside brackets, you can select one or none of the elements. For example: [Option A] [Option B] You can select A or B or neither. { } An element inside braces in a syntax statement is required. When several elements are stacked within braces, you must select one of the elements. For example: {Option A} {Option B} You must select A or B or C. {Option C} ... In a syntax statement, horizontal ellipsis indicate that the element(s) within the immediately preceding pair of brackets or braces can be repeated. For example: [ {OPTIONA}] [Parameter {OPTIONB}] ... means that the elements within the brackets can be repeated. [,...] In a syntax statement, a punctuation character with horizontal ellipses indicates that the elements within the immediately preceding pair of brackets or braces can be repeated and must be separated by the punctuation character. For example: [ {OPTIONA}] [Parameter {OPTIONB}] [,...] means that the elements within the brackets can be repeated using a comma between repetitions. : Within an example, vertical ellipses indicate that a portion of the example has been omitted. Ellipses that appear at the bottom of one page and at the top of the next page indicate that the example is continued, but no portions are omitted. , In a syntax statement, a shaded delimiter preceding a parameter indicates that the delimiter must be used whenever (a) that parameter is included or (b) that parameter is omitted but a following parameter is included. For example: ParameterA[, ParameterB][, ParameterC]" means that the following are allowed: ParameterA ParameterA,ParameterB ParameterA,ParameterB,ParameterC ParameterA,,ParameterC Å When necessary for clarity, the symbol Å is used in a syntax statement to indicate a required blank or an exact number of blanks. For example: COMMAND (ParameterA)] Å (ParameterB) underlining User input is underlined. For example: PROMPT? response In a syntax statement, brackets, braces or ellipses are underlined if you must enter them. Fore Example: COMMAND [ [ParameterA] ] = ParameterB shading Shading represents inverse video on your terminal screen. In addition, shading represents user input, such as a password, that is not echoed to your terminal screen. [[ ]] The symbol [[ ]] may be used to indicate a key on the terminal keyboard. For example, [[RETURN]] represents the carriage return key. [[CONTROL]]char Control characters are indicated by [[CONTROL]] followed by the character. For example, [[CONTROL]]Y means that you press the control key and the character Y simultaneously.