HP 3000 Manuals HP 3000 Manuals
Getting Started With TRANSACT/V Printed in U.S.A. HP 3000 Computer Systems HP Part No. 32247-90007 Edition E0788 Printed Jul 1988
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 Æ Copyright 1985,1988 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 data 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 May 1985 32247A.02.02 Second Edition July 1988 32247A.06.00 PREFACE This manual is intended to be used as a supplement to the Transact Reference Manual, part number 32247-90001. It illustrates many of the features of Transact through programming examples, and is designed to serve as a task-oriented learning aid. Readers are expected to be programmers who have a working knowledge of at least one programming language. They should also understand the basic concepts of the IMAGE database system, Dictionary/V and VPLUS. CONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL NOTATION DESCRIPTION COMMAND Commands are shown in CAPITAL LETTERS. The names must contain no blanks and be delimited by a non-alphabetic character (usually a blank). KEYWORDS Literal keywords, which are entered optionally but exactly as specified, appear in CAPITAL LETTERS. parameter Required parameters, for which you must substitute a value, appear in italics. parameter Optional parameters, for which you may substitute a value, appear in standard italics. [ ] An element inside brackets is optional. Several elements stacked inside a pair of brackets means the user may select any one or none of these elements. Example: [ A ] [ B ] user may select A or B or neither. When brackets are nested, parameters in inner brackets can only be specified if parameters in outer brackets or comma place-holders are specified. Example: [parm1[,parm2[,parm3]]] may be entered as parm1,parm2,parm3 or parm1,,parm3 or ,,parm3 ,etc. { } When several elements are stacked within braces the user must select one of these elements. Example: { A } { B } user must select A or B or C. { C } ... An ellipsis indicates that a previous bracketed element may be repeated, or that elements have been omitted. user input In examples of interactive dialog, user input is underlined. Example: NEW NAME? ALPHA1 superscriptc Control characters are indicated by a superscriptc. Example: Yc. (Press Y and the CTRL key simultaneously.) [[ ]] The symbol [[ ]] may be used to indicate a key on the terminal's keyboard. For example, [[RETURN]] indicates the carriage return key. [[CONTROL]] Control characters are indicated by [[CONTROL]] followed char by the character. For example, [[CONTROL]]Y means the user presses the control key and the character Y simultaneously.