tableBASE Commands - DataKinetics

The tableBASE software has five command groups that perform the functions required to maintain and access tables, they are:

Retrieval Commands—provide the facility to retrieve entries from a table by key or by entry count
Update Commands—allow for modification of the contents of the table either by key or by entry count
Table Control Commands—provide the facility to open, close, store, define tables, and the ability to change the definition of individual table generations
Directory Maintenance Commands—provide the facility to alter information in the directory about individual tables
System Control Commands—specify how tableBASE handles error conditions, contention situations, and the library search order

Table 55. Table Control Commands
Command	Description
OR	Open table for Read
OW	Open table for Write
CL	Close Table
ST	Store Table
RL	ReLease table (previously opened for write)
DT	Define Table
CD	Change table Definition
GD	Get a table Definition
DV	DiVert table to a library where it doesn’t exist
DW	Divert table to a library where it does exist
CN	Change Name (in region)
DU	DUmp table contents
CA	Create Alternate table definition
IA	Invoke Alternate table definition

Table 56. Directory Maintenance Commands
Command	Description
DG	Delete Generation
XT	eliminate Table (on library)
CG	Change Generations to be kept
RN	ReName table (on library)
NX	get NeXt table name
DL	Define new tableBASE Library
LD	List Directory

Table 57. System Control Commands
Command	Description
ML	Modify Library search order
LL	List Libraries in use
CS	Change tableBASE processing Switches
LS	List tableBASE processing Switches
LT	List open Tables
BN	BaNner retrieval
SI	Set Indirect
DE	DisEngage library
AL	Allocate Library
UL	Un-allocate Library
VS	set Virtual System