The ADASEL utility selects information in the Adabas sequential (SIBA) or dual/multiple (PLOG) protection log. ADASEL decompresses the information and writes it to a print dataset (DDDRUCK/ DRUCK) or to a user-specified output dataset.
The protection log contains information on all updates applied to the database during a given Adabas session. Information selected with ADASEL can be used for auditing or as input to a Natural or non-Adabas program.
You can select before-images, after-images, or both for new, updated, and deleted records. You can also select data written to the protection log with an Adabas C5 command.
Note:
If the Adabas session used dual/multiple protection logging,
use the ADARES PLCOPY function to copy the protection log before using it as
input to ADASEL.
If the Adabas session used sequential protection logging, and if the session terminated abnormally, use the ADARES COPY function to copy the protection log before using it as input to ADASEL.
