This command is used for local unlocking of Natural source objects in a Natural mainframe environment.
It is used to view source objects that are locked and to unlock them if need be. This command is recommended for use by the Natural administrator only. However, the administrator can enable the use of this command for each user profile in Natural Security.
Notes:
UNLOCK
system command, the profile parameter SLOCK must be set to
PRE.
WRKSIZE
of profile parameter SORT.
This document covers the following topics:
For further information, refer to Locking of Source
Objects in the Editors documentation and profile
parameter SLOCK in the
Parameter Reference.
See also Object Naming Conventions in the Using Natural documentation.
If the system command UNLOCK is used without
parameters, a map
appears where you can enter the parameters.
UNLOCK |
The following shows the direct command syntax for unlocking Natural objects.
UNLOCK |
[NATURAL]
[OBJECT] object-name |
[TYPE
object-type]
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[LIBRARY
library-name]
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[DBID
dbid]
[FNR fnr]
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[PASSWORD
password]
[CIPHER cipher]
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[USER
locked-by]
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[DATE
locked-on
[locked-on2]]
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The object name must be defined in each case. If any of the other parameters is not specified, the corresponding default value will be used.
| Parameter | Format/Length | Default Value | Description | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| object-name | A33 | * | The name of the object to be unlocked. Asterisk notation (*) or ">" can be used. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| object-type | A1 | * |
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| library-name | A8 | * | Name of the library where the locked object is in. Asterisk notation (*) can be used. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| dbid | A5 | current database ID | Database ID of the defined library. Specify
asterisk (*) or in format N5.
When asterisk notation
(*) is used, only the current |
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| fnr | A5 | current file number | File number of the defined library. Specify
asterisk (*) or in format N5.
When asterisk notation
(*) is used, only the current |
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| password | A8 | blank | If used, the password for the specified system
file (dbid and fnr).
Needs not to be specified, when the dbid
and fnr of the current |
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| cipher | A8 | blank | If used, the cipher key for the specified system
file (dbid and fnr).
Needs not to be specified, when the dbid
and fnr of the current |
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| locked-by | A8 | current user ID
or asterisk (*) with batch mode and security flag "F" |
ID of the user who caused the object to be
locked. Asterisk notation (*) can be used.
If Natural Security is used, it can be changed only if the security unlock flag is set to "F" (forced unlock) in the Natural Security user profile. |
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| locked-on | A10 | blank | The two date parameters are
available to provide for the different date formats:
2005-09-28 (date format according to the
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| locked-on2 | A8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note:
Locking can also be enabled locally on a mainframe server based on
Natural for Mainframes Version 4.2 or above. In this case, the following
limitations apply: The application-name cannot be
used as a selection criterion. For dbid and
fnr, the current FNAT and
FUSER system files are searched if asterisk notation (*) is
used.
If the parameter(s) specified is (are) valid and a complete object name is specified and if the corresponding object is found and it was locked by the current user, this object is unlocked immediately and a corresponding message is displayed. This applies under the condition that the object name is specified directly without using asterisk notation (*) and the current user tries to unlock his own locked records.
If any of the parameters specified is invalid or if no objects are found, the unlock with an error message box will appear.
In the following cases, the locked objects found are listed in a
where they can be unlocked
using the line command
U (see below):
if you used asterisk notation (*) or ">" (where applicable),
if you did not specify a specific object name.
The unlock list provides the following function keys:
| PF1 | Help | Invoke help. |
| PF3 | Exit | Return to unlock list. |
| PF6 | -- | Top of list. |
| PF7 | - | Page backward. |
| PF8 | + | Page forward. |
| PF9 | ++ | End of list. |
| PF10 | < | First part of information (type, library, database ID, file number). |
| PF11 | > | Second part of information (locked by, locked on). |
| PF12 | Cancel | Cancels the UNLOCK
command.
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| U | In the Cmd column of the
unlock list, you can enter the command U in a single
line or in multiple lines to unlock the corresponding object(s). Successful
unlocking is indicated by an "unlocked" message in
the Message column.
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If no error occurred, all locked objects found are unlocked and a corresponding message appears.
