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Adabas Commands

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:

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A1 Command: Update Record Update record(s) (hold option)

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BT Command: Back Out Transaction Remove database updates for ET logic users

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C1 Command: Write a Checkpoint Write command ID, PLOG, RABN RABN checkpoint, buffer flush option

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C3 Command: Write Checkpoint Write SYNX-03 checkpoint for exclusive control update users; option to store user data

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C5 Command: Write User Data to Protection Log Write user data on SIBA/PLOG

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CL Command: Close User Session End/ET session and update database

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E1 Command: Delete Record / Refresh File Delete record (hold option) or refresh file

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ET Command: End Transaction End and save current transaction

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HI Command: Hold Record Prevent record update by other users

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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

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LF Command: Read Field Definitions Read the characteristics of all fields in a file

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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

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RC Command: Release Command ID or Global Format ID Release one or more command IDs or a global format ID for the issuing user

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RE Command: Read ETuser Data Read ET data for this, another, or all users

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RI Command: Release Record Release held record and ISN

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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

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S8 Command: Process ISN Lists Combine two ISN lists from the same file with an AND, OR, or NOT operation

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S9 Command: Sort ISN Lists Sort ISN list in ascending ISN or descriptor-specified sequence

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