PowerExchange for CDC and Mainframe
- PowerExchange for CDC and Mainframe 10.5.4
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dtldescribe columns, [qualifier1], [qualifier2], [table_name],[comments], [ORDER], [escape_character], [respect_case1], [respect_case2], [respect_case3], [extended_information], [access_method]
Parameter
| Description
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qualifier1
| -
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qualifier2
| Always NULL if the dtldescribe operation is done by using NRDB2. Otherwise, this parameter returns the PowerExchange data map name.
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table_name
| The primary table qualifier. Returns the table name. If this parameter is blank, returns columns for all available tables.
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comments
| If set to Y this will return any comments data found in the database.
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ORDER
| Optional argument, Y will force order by column number or blank will leave column order undefined.
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escape_character
| Specifies the character to be used as the escape character. Default is ~.
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respect_case1
respect_case2
respect_case3
| Set to Y this will respect the case of qualifier1, qualifier2 and tablename respectively - alternative is blank.
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extended_information
| Set this parameter to Y to return additional information that depends on the data access method.
Applicable to NRDB, NRDB2, DB2 for z/OS, and DB2 for i5/OS only.
Defaults to N, which indicates no extended information is required.
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access_method
| For NRDB, NRDB2, CAPX, and CAPXRT only. Specifies the valid access method or methods for which information is returned. The results of the DTLDESCRIBE are filtered to return information only for the specified access methods. Use this method to return a list of data maps applicable for certain access methods. You can use any number or combination of access method identifiers. If you specify no value, the DTLDESCRIBE returns all access methods.
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