SSA-NAME3 API Reference Guide

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ssan3_open Controls

Use optional Controls of the

ssan3_open

function to specify the environment variable, session timeout value, and maximum number of fields in a record.


[SSAPR=}directory name]
[TIMEOUT=}n seconds]
[MAX_FIELDS=}number of fields]
[DISABLESIGHANDLER=Y|N]

SSAPR (Optional)	Specify the directory containing the Population Files. For example, on MSWin32 platforms this may be: c:\InformaticaIR\nm3\pr . Or for Unix platforms it may be /InformaticaIR/nm3/pr . This can also be set as an environment variable. You can set the SSAPR Control as an environment variable in the execution environment of the application or SSA-NAME3 server.
TIMEOUT (Optional)	Specify the number of seconds to keep a session since the last API call before allowing it to be overwritten. The default setting is 0 - i.e. no time-out value. This allows inactive sessions to be made available for new sessions, and reduces the risk of SSA-NAME3 running out of sessions. For more information, see the SSA-NAME3 "Sessions"' section.
MAX_FIELDS (Optional)	Specify the number of fields in a record to avoid internal errors because of the predefined field limit of 256 set for records. The valid range is from 64 to 65536.
DISABLESIGHANDLER=[Y\|N] (Optional)	Applicable to UNIX platforms. Disables the signal handler for the following signals: The signal s, and the signal SIGILL. Reports illegal instructions. SIGFPE. Reports floating point errors. Default is Y.