Unloading data from a BQL database (BST05DBL)

Introduction

Program BST05DBL does the following:

  • It loads data from a sequential file into a BQL database.
  • It unloads data from a BQL database to a sequential file.

Use the command UNLOAD under DD BQLIN to unload data to a sequential file. The sequential file is defined in the JCL by DD BQLSAVE.

Note: During the execution of this command, the BQL does not accept any other requests.

STC must be down

You must stop the started task before loading data into the BQL database using BST05DBL.

Syntax DD BQLIN

UNLOAD TABLE tablename,... | FILE filename

Keywords DD BQLIN

UNLOAD

Introduces the unload command

Use either TABLE tablename to specify the name of one or several tables to unload or FILE filename to unload all tables of this file.

TABLE tablename,...

Specifies the name of up to 10 tables whose contents are to be unloaded to DD BQLSAVE

FILE filename

Specifies the name of the database component whose contents are to be unloaded to DD BQLSAVE