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SDCreateRelVarAttr
Assigns text to a variable length attribute of a relationship.
Syntax
SDCreateRelVarAttr(Dcb,RelationshipType,RelationshipClass,
EntityList,Attribute,Value,ValueLength,Status)
Parameters
Dcb Required input; type = DcbType
This parameter passes information about the
dictionary to this intrinsic. It is initialized by
the SDOpen intrinsic.
RelationshipType Required input; type = RelationshipTypeList
This parameter specifies the relationship type of the
relationship.
RelationshipClass Required input; type = NameOrNumberType
This parameter specifies the class of the
relationship type. Blanks or a 0 may be specified
for this parameter when the entity types specified in
the RelationshipType parameter uniquely identify a
relationship type.
EntityList Required input; type = EntityListType
This parameter specifies the entities of the
relationship.
Attribute Required input; type = NameOrNumberType
This parameter specifies the variable length
attribute to which the text will be associated.
Value Required input; type = ValueTextType
This parameter is the attribute text to assign to the
attribute.
ValueLength Required input; type = 4 byte Integer
This parameter specifies the number of bytes of text
in the parameter Value.
Status Output; type = StatusType
This parameter contains information indicating the
success or failure of the intrinsic call. This
information is detailed in Table 3-1.
Discussion
The following restrictions apply when using this intrinsic:
1. Open mode--The dictionary must be opened in either Shared Update
mode or Exclusive Update mode.
2. Security--The current scope must be either the Dictionary
Administrator scope or have at least Create capability and Modify
access to the relationship.
3. The current version must be in TEST status.
4. The specified relationship must not be linked with a common
relationship.