Each record in the DFHDBFK file may be up to 1428 characters long, as follows:
field | length | content | description |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 12 | Group | a 12-character field containing your chosen name for this group. The acceptable characters are A-Z 0-9 $ @ and #. Leading or embedded blanks are not allowed, but trailing blanks are acceptable. |
2 | 10 | IMS™ Command | a 10-character field containing any of the IMS command verbs
that are valid for CDBM (see the CICS® IMS Database Control Guide for
details). Leading or embedded blanks are not allowed, but trailing blanks
are acceptable.
Note:
The validity of the IMS command verb is not checked by CDBM. Invalid
values will be reported by IMS when the command is attempted. |
3 | 1406 | IMS Command parameters | Up to 1406 characters of parameters appropriate to the
chosen IMS command verb. (This will often consist of lists of databases.)
Note:
Wildcard characters may not be used in the parameters stored in
the CDBM Group command file. This is unlike the other functions of the CDBM
transaction which permit the use of wildcard characters to describe multiple
similarly named databases. |