This part of the Adabas Command Reference documentation contains a detailed description of each Adabas command arranged in alphabetical order by command code (Code).
The information is organized under the following headings:
A1 Command: Update Record | Update record(s) (hold option) | |
BT Command: Back Out Transaction | Remove database updates for ET logic users | |
C1 Command: Write a Checkpoint | Write command ID, PLOG, RABN RABN checkpoint, buffer flush option | |
C3 Command: Write Checkpoint | Write SYNX-03 checkpoint for exclusive control update users; option to store user data | |
C5 Command: Write User Data to Protection Log | Write user data on SIBA/PLOG | |
CL Command: Close User Session | End/ET session and update database | |
E1 Command: Delete Record / Refresh File | Delete record (hold option) or refresh file | |
ET Command: End Transaction | End and save current transaction | |
HI Command: Hold Record | Prevent record update by other users | |
L1 / L4 Command: Read / Read and Hold Record | Read record of specified ISN Read and hold, "wait for held record/issue return code" option |
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L2 / L5 Command: Read Physical Sequential | Read records in physical order Read in physical order and hold, "wait/issue return code" option |
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L3 / L6 Command: Read Logical Sequential | Read records in descriptor value order Read in descriptor value order with "wait/issue return code" option |
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L9 Command: Read Descriptor Values | Read the values of a specified descriptor | |
LF Command: Read Field Definitions | Read the characteristics of all fields in a file | |
N1 / N2 Command: Add Record | Add new database record with ISN assigned by
Adabas Add new database record with user-assigned ISN |
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OP Command: Open User Session | Open user session | |
RC Command: Release Command ID or Global Format ID | Release one or more command IDs or a global format ID for the issuing user | |
RE Command: Read ETuser Data | Read ET data for this, another, or all users | |
RI Command: Release Record | Release held record and ISN | |
S1 / S2 / S4 Command: Find Records | Return count and ISNs of records satisfying the
search criterion Return count of records and ISNs in user-specified order |
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S5 Command: Find Coupled ISNs | Return or save a list of coupled ISNs for the specified file | |
S8 Command: Process ISN Lists | Combine two ISN lists from the same file with an AND, OR, or NOT operation | |
S9 Command: Sort ISN Lists | Sort ISN list in ascending ISN or descriptor-specified sequence |