• Notices
• Preface
  • Audience for this Guide
  • What you should know to use this Guide
  • What is covered in this Guide
    • tableBASE basics
    • How to call tableBASE
    • Operational considerations
    • Accessing tableBASE
    • Diagnosing errors
    • tableBASE subroutines
    • User exits from tablesONLINE
    • Supplementary material
  • What’s new in Version 7
  • Features from Version 6
  • Naming protocol
  • Conventions Used in this Guide
    • Conventions for entering parameters
  • Glossary
  • Additional tableBASE references
  • VTS Manager References
  • Customer Support
  • Training and Professional Services
  • About DataKinetics
• Introduction
  • Base product
  • tableBASE terminology
    • tableSPACE Region (TSR)
    • VTS (Virtual Table Share)
    • Program Call Server (PC Server)
    • VTS Manager
    • VTS Gate
    • Tables
    • Table organization
    • Indexes and Alternate Indexes
    • Search methods
    • Libraries
    • Protecting tableBASE tables
• tableBASE basics
  • Getting started with tableBASE
    • Calling protocol
    • Using tableBASE
    • Defining a table
    • Opening a table
    • Populating tableBASE tables
    • Retrieval and update processing
    • Close processing
    • Searching libraries
    • Return values
  • Advanced tableBASE functionality
    • Date-sensitive processing
    • Generations
    • Operational parameters and switches
    • Version control
    • Multitasking batch
    • Sophisticated memory management
  • Summary of tableBASE commands
  • tableBASE command categories by TSR access
• tableBASE commands
  • Retrieval commands
  • Update commands
  • Table control commands
    • Opening an Alternate Index
    • Open Indirect
  • Library maintenance commands
  • System control commands
  • tableBASE command descriptions
    • Allocate (AL)
    • Banner Retrieval (BN)
    • Create Alternate Index Definition (CA)
    • Change Table Definition (CD)
    • Change Generations (CG)
    • Close Table (CL)
    • Change Name (CN)
    • Change Status (CS)
    • Delete by Count (DC)
    • Dump Definition (DD)
    • Disengage (DE)
    • Delete Generation (DG)
    • Delete by Key (DK)
    • Define New Library (DL)
    • Define Table (DT)
    • Dump Table Contents (DU)
    • Divert (Non-existing) Table (DV)
    • Divert (Existing) Table (DW)
    • Fetch by Count (FC)
    • Fetch Generic (FG)
    • Fetch by Key (FK)
    • Fetch Next by Key (FN)
    • Get Table Definition (GD)
    • Get First (GF)
    • Get Last (GL)
    • Get Next (GN)
    • Get Previous (GP)
    • Invoke Alternate Index (IA)
    • Insert by Count (IC)
    • Insert by Key (IK)
    • List Directory (LD)
    • List Library (LL)
    • List Status (LS)
    • List Open Tables (LT)
    • List VTS Settings (LV)
    • Modify Library Search Order (ML)
    • Empty the Table (MT)
    • Get Next Table Name (NX)
    • Open for Read (OR)
    • Open for Write (OW)
    • Replace by Count (RC)
    • Refresh Table (RF)
    • Replace by Key (RK)
    • Release Table (RL)
    • Rename Table (RN)
    • Set Indirect (SI)
    • Search by Key (SK)
    • Store Table (ST)
    • Un-allocate (UL)
    • Virtual Subsystem (VS)
    • Vary VTS (VV)
    • Eliminate Table (XT)
    • Terminate tableBASE in Region (XX)
  • tableBASE error codes
• tableBASE parameter description
  • ALT-DEFINITION (12 bytes)
    • 1. ORG (1 byte)
    • 2. METHOD (1 byte)
    • 3. KEY-COUNT (halfword binary)
    • 4. KEY-LOCATION (fullword binary)
    • 5. KEY-SIZE (fullword binary)
  • COMMAND-AREA (72 bytes)
    • 1. COMMAND (2 bytes)
    • 2. TABLE (8 bytes)
    • 3. FOUND (1 byte)
    • 4. INDIRECT-OPEN (1 byte)
    • 5. FILLER (1 byte)
    • 6. ABEND-OVERRIDE (1 byte)
    • 7. ERROR (halfword binary)
    • 8. COUNT (fullword binary)
    • 9. LOCK-LATCH (8 bytes)
    • 10. ROW-OVERRIDE-LENGTH (fullword binary)
    • 11. ROW-ACTUAL-LENGTH (fullword binary)
    • 12. FG-KEY-LENGTH (halfword binary)
    • 13. FUNCTION-ID (halfword binary)
    • 14. FUNCTION-AREA: DATE (8 bytes)
    • 15. FILLER (19 bytes)
    • 16. START-TBUOW (1 byte)
    • 17. RETURNED-ABS-GEN-NO (halfword binary)
    • 18. ERROR-SUBCODE (halfword binary)
  • DATA-TABLE-NAME (8 bytes)
  • DDNAME (8 bytes)
  • DEFINITION-BLOCK (256 bytes)
    • 1. ORG (1 byte)
    • 2. METHOD (1 byte)
    • 3. INDEX (1 byte)
    • 4. SMC (1 byte)
    • 5. RPSWD (8 bytes)
    • 6. WPSWD (8 bytes)
    • 7. RSZ (fullword binary)
    • 8. KSZ (fullword binary)
    • 9. KLOC (fullword binary)
    • 10. ROWS (fullword binary)
    • 11. GENERATIONS (halfword binary)
    • 12. EXP-FACT (halfword binary)
    • 13. LO-DEN (halfword binary)
    • 14. HI-DEN (halfword binary)
    • 15. FILLER (6 bytes)
    • 16. DATE (12 bytes)
    • 17. ABS-GEN-NO (halfword binary)
    • 18. DATASET-NAME (44 bytes)
    • 19. REL-GEN-NO (halfword binary)
    • 20. GENS-PRESENT (halfword binary)
    • 21. ROWS-AT-EXPAND (fullword binary)
    • 22. DDNAME (8 bytes)
    • 23. DATA-TABLE (8 bytes)
    • 24. OPEN-STATUS (1 byte)
    • 25. ALTS-INVOKED (1 byte)
    • 26. VIEW-VERSION (1 byte)
    • 27. FILLER (1 byte)
    • 28. USERID (8 bytes)
    • 29. VIEW-NAME (8 bytes)
    • 30. VIEW-DATE (12 bytes)
    • 31. USER-COMMENTS (16 bytes)
    • 32. VTSNAME (8 bytes)
    • 33. FILLER (68 bytes)
  • DIR-SPEC (9 bytes)
    • 1. TABLE-NAME-MASK (8 bytes)
    • 2. DIRTYPE (1 byte)
  • GENERATION (fullword binary)
  • INDIRECT-OPEN-CRITERION (50 bytes)
  • KEY-AREA (Table Specific)
  • LIB-LIST (80 bytes)
  • LIB-SPACE (8 bytes)
  • LIBRARY-ALLOC (45 bytes)
  • LIST-BLOCK (88 bytes)
    • 1. LIST-FROM (fullword binary)
    • 2. LIST-REQD (fullword binary)
    • 3. LIST-SIZE (fullword binary)
    • 4. LIST-TOTAL (fullword binary)
    • 5. LIST-RETURNED (fullword binary)
    • 6. LIST-TSR-HW (fullword binary)
    • 7. LIST-OPEN-HW (fullword binary)
    • 8. LIST-OPEN-NOW (fullword binary)
    • 9. LIST-TSR-NOW (fullword binary)
    • 10. LIST-TSR-SZ (fullword binary)
    • 11. LIST-STROBE (fullword binary)
    • 12. LIST-TOTAL-HWM (fullword binary)
    • 13. LIST-TOTAL-CALLS (doubleword binary)
    • 14. LIST-MAX-TBLS (fullword binary)
    • 15. FILLER (16 bytes)
    • 16. LIST-TSR-AVAIL (fullword binary)
    • 17. FILLER (8 bytes)
  • NAME-AREA (256 bytes)
  • NEW-GEN-NO (fullword binary)
  • NEW-TABLE-NAME (8 bytes)
  • PASSWORD (8 bytes)
  • RELEASE-LEVEL (16 bytes)
  • ROW-AREA (Table Specific)
  • STATUS-SWITCHES (8 bytes)
    • 1. ABEND (1 byte)
    • 2. WAIT (1 byte)
    • 3. HASH-EMPTIES-RETURNED (1 byte)
    • 4. DEFAULT-OPEN (1 byte)
    • 5. TRACE (1 byte)
    • 6. FILLER (3 bytes)
  • TABLE-AREA
  • TABLE-STATS
    • 1. TABLE-NAME (8 bytes)
    • 2. TABLE-OPEN-STATUS (1 byte)
    • 3. TABLE-LOCAL-VTS (1 byte)
    • 4. TABLE-ALT-INVOKED (1 byte)
    • 5. FILLER (1 byte)
    • 6. TABLE-CALLS (fullword binary)
    • 7. TABLE-SIZE (fullword binary)
    • 8. TABLE-ROWS (fullword binary)
    • 9. TABLE-RWS-BF-EXP (fullword binary)
    • 10. TABLE-DATATBL-VTSNAME (8 bytes)
    • 11. TABLE-UPDATE-CALLS-TRUNC (fullword binary)
    • 12. TABLE-DATE-TIME (12 bytes)
    • 13. FILLER (4 bytes)
    • 14. TABLE-TOTAL-CALLS (doubleword binary)
    • 15. TABLE-UPDATE-CALLS (doubleword binary)
    • 16. TABLE-VTSNAME (8 bytes)
  • TBACC-DEF (32 bytes)
  • TBINDEX-DEF (32 bytes)
  • TB-PARM V5 (64 bytes)
    • 1. TB-PARM-ID (2 bytes)
    • 2. FILLER (2 bytes)
    • 3. TB-VERSION (1 byte)
    • 4. TB-FORMAT (1 byte)
    • 5. FILLER (10 bytes)
    • 6. TB-TPVM (8 bytes)
    • 7. TB-SUBSYSTEM (8 bytes)
    • 8. FILLER (4 bytes)
    • 9. TB-TURBO-ANCHOR (8 bytes)
    • 10. FILLER (20 bytes)
  • TB-PARM V4 (28 bytes)
    • 1. TB-PARM-ID (2 bytes)
    • 2. TB-FUNCTION (2 bytes)
    • 3. TB-VERSION (1 byte)
    • 4. FILLER (3 bytes)
    • 5. TB-SUBSYSTEM (4 bytes)
    • 6. FILLER (8 bytes)
    • 7. TB-DATE (8 bytes)
  • VTS-DATA (60 bytes)
    • 1. FILLER (8 bytes)
    • 2. VTS-VTSFIRST (8 bytes)
    • 3. VTS-VTSLAST (8 bytes)
    • 4. VTS-VTSNAME (8 bytes)
    • 5. VTS-DEFAULT-TSR (8 bytes)
    • 6. VTS-TSRACCESS (1 byte)
    • 7. VTS-RACF-VTS (1 byte)
    • 8. VTS-TSR-KEY-PROTECT (1 byte)
    • 9. FILLER (3 bytes)
    • 10. VTS-GENERATION (2 bytes)
    • 11. VTS-TPVM (8 bytes)
    • 12. VTS-PREFIX (4 bytes)
  • VTS-NAME (8 bytes)
  • tableBASE parameters with C
• tableBASE coding examples
  • Summary of coding examples
  • Coding conventions
    • COBOL variable names
  • Programming in C with tableBASE
    • Pragma linkage directive
    • Strings
    • Optional parameters
    • Initializing the C data structures
  • Retrieval commands
    • Fetch rows by key
    • Fetch every row
    • Fetch every row from last to first
  • Update commands
    • Insert a new row or replace it
    • Fetch a row and replace it
    • Empty a table
  • Table control commands
    • Define a new table
    • Change the table name and definition in memory
    • Store a new generation
    • Copy a table from one tableBASE library to another
  • Library maintenance commands
    • Delete all generations of a table
    • Rename a table
    • Initialize a tableBASE library
  • System control commands
    • Locate a table from a list of libraries
    • Save and restore current status
  • Sample tableBASE applications
    • Fetch a row from a table
    • Update an existing table
    • Sequentially process all rows in a table
    • Generic search
    • Define a dynamic table to summarize data in memory
    • Access a table that may not exist
    • Establish another key with which to search a table
    • Concatenate tableBASE libraries
    • Temporarily change a list of concatenated tableBASE libraries
    • Access a table indirectly
  • Other language examples
    • ASSEMBLER coding example
• Environmental interfaces
  • Batch environment
    • MVS compile and link JCL requirements
    • MVS run-time JCL requirements
    • TBLBASE
    • Termination processing
  • Online and multitasking environment considerations
  • Sharing tables
    • Retrieval only
    • Temporary updating
    • True updating: sharing between retrieval and update
    • Example: posting
  • CICS interface
    • Restrictions
    • Default STATUS SWITCHES
    • LOCK-LATCH
    • TBLBASE
    • CICS JCL requirements
  • IMS TM interface
    • Restrictions
    • Default STATUS SWITCHES
    • TBLBASE
  • DB2 stored procedures
    • Restrictions
  • Virtual Table Share (VTS-TSR)
    • VTS management
    • The VTS User
    • Connecting a VTS User to a VTS-TSR
    • VTS User access
    • VTS User messages
• Customizing tableBASE options
  • Parameters for all tableBASE environments
    • TSR size
    • Strobe interval
  • Parameters that apply to batch only
  • Parameters that apply to CICS only
  • Parameters that apply to VTS only
  • Other parameters
    • Date-Sensitive Processing Found Code
    • Fetch Generic Delimiter
• tableBASE driver command processor for CICS
  • Security note
  • DK1TDRVC environment
    • Abend Status
    • Libraries accessed
    • Initial settings of the TBLBASE command area
    • DK1TDRVC sign-on screen
  • DK1TDRVC input area
    • The command lines
    • TABLE
    • FOUND, ERR, and ERRSUBCD
    • I Field
    • A Field
    • COUNT
    • LOCK field
    • ROW SZ
    • KEY SZ
    • FUNC ID
    • FUNC PARM
    • GEN
    • ERRSUBCD
    • Parameter lines 1:, 2:, and 3:
    • Message line
    • Ruler line
  • Special functions
    • Mode Switch – PA2/PA1
    • Help
    • Browse or edit
    • Data conversion , ,
    • Traversing tables ,
    • Leaving DK1TDRVC
    • Edit switch
  • DK1TDRVC commands
    • Complete listing of DK1TDRVC commands
  • tableBASE commands
  • DRIVER commands
    • Print (PR)
    • List Generic (LG)
    • List Directory (LD)
    • Get Hex (GH)
    • Replace Hex (RH)
    • Set Subsystem (SS)
  • Data conversion commands
    • >T and >L commands
    • >H command
    • >D, >I and >N commands
    • >S command
    • GH and RH commands
  • Data conversion parameters
    • >F command
  • Date-sensitive processing
• TBDRIVER command processor for Batch/TSO
  • How to invoke TBDRIVER (DK1TDRV)
  • TBDRIVER (DK1TDRV) commands
  • Examples
    • JCL to execute TBDRIVER
    • Example using Alternate Indexes
    • SP command example
• Error diagnosis
  • tableBASE user errors
  • Abnormal terminations
  • tableBASE internal errors
  • TBDUMP Diagnostic Information
    • Thread Management Area (TMA)
    • Thread Work Area (TWA)
    • Communication Management Area (CMA)
    • Common Management Extension Area (CME)
    • Command Trace Area
• tableBASE subroutines
  • Subroutine TBACC
    • Summary of TBACC commands
    • Command descriptions
    • TBACC parameters
    • Calling TBACC
    • Table definition parameter description
    • Warnings and restrictions
    • Sample COBOL program code using TBACC
  • Subroutine TBINDX
    • Summary of TBINDX commands
    • Command descriptions
    • TBINDX parameters
    • Calling TBINDX from COBOL
    • Table definition parameter description
    • Warnings and restrictions
    • Sample COBOL program using TBINDX
  • Subroutine DKTBNAME
    • Parameter description
    • Three operating modes
    • COBOL examples using DKTBNAME
• tablesONLINE/ISPF exit programming
  • Allocating user load libraries
  • Structure of an exit program
    • HOOK-PARAMETER-AREA-1
    • HOOK-PARAMETER-AREA-2
  • Writing an exit program
  • Field-level exit programs
  • Row-level exit programs
  • Table-level exit programs
• tablesONLINE/CICS exit programming
  • Interacting with tablesONLINE/CICS
    • STIF indicator
    • I/O indicator
    • Before/After indicator
    • Bypass Action indicator
    • Update indicators
    • Program Operating Mode
    • Item Action flag
    • Duplicate Keys Allowed indicator
    • IXF Exit indicator
    • IQU exit
  • Top-level control structure for an exit
  • Before Action exits
    • Data validation
    • Replacing tablesONLINE/CICS action
  • After Action exits
    • TOA exit
  • tablesONLINE/CICS system exits
  • Command Line/Line Command processing exits
    • Command Line exits
    • Line Command exits
  • BYPASS-ACTION-IND summary
  • Constructing an exit program
    • Operational integrity
    • Control structure
    • Sample exit program
  • The EXITWS copybook
  • The EXITPARM copybook
  • Exit program scenarios
    • Security
    • Making rows invisible to some users
    • Interfacing
    • Field-level data validation
    • Misused field exits
    • Cross-field validation
    • Salary range checking
    • Timing is critical
    • Journaling
    • Complex synchronization
    • System synchronization
• tableBASE run-time options
  • ALLOW_TB_LIB_IO—Allow tableBASE Library I/O
  • CICSJRNL—CICS Journal File ID
  • DATERTNX—Date-Sensitive Processing Found Code
  • FGDELIM—Fetch Generic Delimiter
  • HASH_HI_DEN_LIM—High Density Limit for Hash Indexes
  • HASH_LOW_DEN_LIM—Low Density Limit for Hash Indexes
  • LDS—Linear Data Set Use
  • LIBnn, ML—tableBASE Library List
  • LISTOPTIONS—List Parameter Options
  • LOCKTIMERC—Lock Timer Wait Value
  • LOCKTIMEWTO—Lock Timer Message Wait Value
  • MAXNMTAB—Maximum Number of Tables
  • MTRETAIN—Retain Rows and Index Areas
  • MULTITASKING—Multitasking
  • MULTOPNX—Multiple Alternate Index
  • OVRRIDES—Allow Changes to Status Switches
  • RACF_LIBACCESS—Perform Checks on Protected Libraries
  • RACF_VTS—Perform Checks on SAF Interface Protected VTS-TSRs
  • STROBE—Strobe Interval
  • STROBEMETHOD—Strobe Method
  • SUPPRESS_DUMPS—Suppress tableBASE Messages and Dumps
  • SWITCHES—Status Switches
  • TABLEWAITRC—Table Open Enqueue Wait Time
  • TABLEWAITWTO—Table Open Enqueue Report Time
  • TPVM—VTS Group Manager Use
  • TSR_ALGORITHM—Optimize TSR Usage
  • TSR_KEY_PROTECT—Hardware Key Protection for VTS-TSRs
  • TSR_WARNING_FREQ—Frequency of TSR Allocation Warnings
  • TSR_WARNING_PCT—Percentage of TSR Allocation for Warning Activation
  • TSRACCESS—Read Only (RO) or Read Write (RW) TSR Access
  • TSRSIZE—tableSPACE Region Size
  • USEREXITS—User Exits
  • VTSFIRST, VTSLAST—VTS Search Sequence
  • VTSNAME—Specifying the Name of a VTS-TSR
  • VTSPREFIX—VTS Prefix Definition
  • ZEROROWS—Zero Data Table Rows on De-allocation
• TBOPT dataset coding
• Hints and suggestions
  • tableBASE space requirements
  • FK for duplicate keys
  • Optimizing table access
  • High-speed processing without EDF
  • Date-sensitive processing
  • Access Register mode
  • VSAM tableBASE libraries and LSR pools
  • Considerations for working with large tables
  • tableBASE libraries
  • Linked tables and TB-PARM
  • Performance and TB-PARM
  • Application performance with TBASEV or TBCALLV
  • Limitations of duplicate key support
• Compatibility with previous releases of tableBASE
  • API changes
  • Release 5.0 enhancements
  • Release 5.1 enhancements
  • Version 6 enhancements
  • Version 7 enhancements
• tableBASE messages
  • tableBASE return codes
  • tableBASE messages and codes for VTS Agent, CICS, Batch, etc.
  • TBEXEC error messages
  • tablesONLINE/CICS error messages
  • tablesONLINE/ISPF error messages
  • Other error messages
• Sample tableBASE COBOL call template
  • MODELPGM
  • TBTMPLAT