Chapter 4. Global Directory Editor

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  • In “Segment Qualifiers”, document that both index and data reserved_bytes are controlled by the GDE -RESERVED_BYTES qualifier

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  • In “Logging”, add gde, lke and dse logging information; add information about Makefile

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  • In “Logging”, Added additional documentation to the Direct Mode Auditing (or APD) feature. Specifically, more information on how to compile and run the logger programs is added.

  • In GDE Command Summary”, add SHOW -COMMAND to table

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Revision V6.2-002 17 June 2015 In “Segment Qualifiers”, added the [NO]EPOCHTAPER and -[NO]DEFER_ALLOCATE qualifiers.
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  • In “Region Qualifiers”, corrected the syntax of [NO]STDNULLCOLL and -COLLATION_DEFAULT .

  • In “Segment Qualifiers”, added a paragraph about what happens when database file with automatic extension disabled (EXTENSION_COUNT=0) starts to get full.

Revision V6.0-001 27 February 2013

In “Segment Qualifiers” and under the -ALLOCATION section, specified that GT.M always reserves 32 global buffers for BG access method out of the requested allocation.

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Updated for V6.0-000.

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In “Region Qualifiers”, added the description of -[NO]INST[_FREEZE_ON_ERROR].

Table of Contents

Global Directory
GDE Overview
Identifying the Current Global Directory
Creating a Default Global Directory
Mapping Global Variables in a Global Directory
Examining the Default Global Directory
Global Directory Abbreviations
Customizing a Global Directory
Using GDE
Guidelines for Mapping
Global Director Editor Commands
Specifying File Names in Command Lines
Font/Capitalization Conventions Used in this Chapter
@
Add
Change
Delete
Exit
Help
LOCks
LOG
Quit
Rename
SEtgd
SHow
Template
Verify
Name, Region, and Segment Qualifiers
Name Qualifiers
Region Qualifiers
Segment Qualifiers
Gblname Qualifiers
Instance Qualifier
GDE Command Summary
GDE Command Qualifier Summary