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  • Notices
  • Preface
    • Who This Guide is For
    • What is Covered in This Guide
    • What You Should Know to Use This Guide
    • What This Guide Contains
    • Naming Protocol
    • What’s New in Version 6
    • Additional tableBASE References
  • Introduction
    • Uses of tablesONLINE/ISPF
    • Accessing tableBASE Tables
  • Getting Started with tablesONLINE/ISPF
    • Invoking tablesONLINE/ISPF
    • Commands
  • Editing and Browsing Rows
    • Select a Table
      • Name of Library
      • Name of Table
      • Special View Name
      • Generation Number
      • Write Password
    • Select a Row
      • Scroll and Search
      • Choose a Row By Count
      • Choose a Row By Key
      • Duplicate Keys Allowed
    • Edit a Row
      • Field
      • Type-Change
    • PF Keys
      • GETCOUNT
      • INSCOUNT
    • Exit the Editor
  • Table Definition
    • How Table Definitions Work
      • Row Layout Information
      • tablesONLINE System Characteristics of Table
      • tableBASE Definition of Table
    • Select a Table
      • Name of Library
      • Name of Table
      • Generation Number
      • Write Password
      • Alternate Index
      • Read Password
    • Select an Option
    • Edit a View
      • Key Fields
      • Dynamic View Suffix
      • Format (Display) and Format (Table-Entry)
      • Edit Exit Name Field
    • Edit Table Parameters
    • Define a Table
      • Table Name
      • Organization
      • Search Method
      • True or Pointer
      • Storage Mode Code
      • Read Password
      • Write Password
      • Number of Rows
      • Generations
      • Expansion Factor
      • Lower Density and Upper Density
      • Row Size, Key Size, and Key Location
    • Delete a Table Generation
    • Create an Alternate Index
      • Library Name
      • Alternate Index Name
      • Data Table Name
      • Organization
      • Search Method
      • Key Location and Key Length
  • Utilities
    • Print Directory
    • Print Definition
      • Dataset Name of Library
      • Name of Table
    • Print Contents
      • Dataset Name of Library
      • Name of Table
      • Generation Number
      • Read Password
      • Format of Report
      • Characters Per Line
      • Starting Row Number
      • Number of Rows
      • Starting Character
      • Number of Characters
    • Copy Table
      • Name of Library
      • Name of Table
      • Generation Number
      • Password
      • Library (If Different)
      • Table (If Different)
    • Define Library
      • Dataset Name of Library
      • Unit Type
      • Volume Serial Number
      • Number of Blocks
      • Type of Library
    • Expand Library
      • From – Name of Library
      • To – Name of Library
    • Load Table
      • Input Dataset Name
      • Starting Record Number
      • Number of Records
      • Starting Character
      • Name Of Library
      • Name Of Table
      • Generation Number
      • Write Password
    • Unload Table
      • Name of Library
      • Name of Table
      • Generation Number
      • Read Password
      • Starting Row Number
      • Number of Rows
      • Starting Character
      • Output Dataset Name
    • Rename Table
      • Name of Library
      • Name of Table
      • Write Password
      • New Name of Table
    • Empty Table
      • Name of Library
      • Name of Table
      • Generation Number
      • Write Password
    • Delete a Table
      • Name of Library
      • Name of Table
      • Write Password
    • Change a Password
      • Name of Library
      • Name of Table
      • Current Write Password
      • Read Password
      • Write Password
    • View Utilities
      • Print View
      • Copy View
      • Delete View
      • Load Views
    • Unload View
  • tablesONLINE/ISPF Messages
  • Exercises
    • Overview
    • The Assignment
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Table Definition

This chapter tells you how to define tables using the tablesONLINE/ISPF software.

  • How Table Definitions Work
    • Row Layout Information
    • tablesONLINE System Characteristics of Table
    • tableBASE Definition of Table
  • Select a Table
    • Name of Library
    • Name of Table
    • Generation Number
    • Write Password
    • Alternate Index
    • Read Password
  • Select an Option
  • Edit a View
    • Key Fields
    • Dynamic View Suffix
    • Format (Display) and Format (Table-Entry)
    • Edit Exit Name Field
  • Edit Table Parameters
  • Define a Table
    • Table Name
    • Organization
    • Search Method
    • True or Pointer
    • Storage Mode Code
    • Read Password
    • Write Password
    • Number of Rows
    • Generations
    • Expansion Factor
    • Lower Density and Upper Density
    • Row Size, Key Size, and Key Location
  • Delete a Table Generation
  • Create an Alternate Index
    • Library Name
    • Alternate Index Name
    • Data Table Name
    • Organization
    • Search Method
    • Key Location and Key Length
Last modified December 1, 2023

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