This Natural profile parameter only applies to Adabas and VSAM databases.
It controls the use of database Open/Close
commands during a Natural session.
The NTOPRB
macro can be used as an alternative to the profile parameter
OPRB in the NTPRM macro. The
maximum length of an OPRB parameter specification is 256
bytes. If you require a longer specification, use the
NTOPRB macro instead of the OPRB
parameter.
If you wish to make OPRB specifications that are
to apply to all databases, it is strongly recommended that you use the
OPRB parameter in the
NTPRM macro (and not an
NTOPRB macro).
| Possible settings | OPRB=(string) |
With this syntax, you specify an Open request for all databases. |
|---|---|---|
OPRB=(DBID=nn1,string,DBID=nn2,string,
...) |
With this syntax, you specify an Open request for specific
individual databases. As defined in the macro
NTDB, the
specified DBID identifies the type of database.
|
|
OPRB=(string,DBID=nn1,string,DBID=nn2,string,
...) |
With this syntax, you specify an Open
request for specific individual databases and also a default Open request - the
initial string - which applies to all databases for
which you do not specify an individual
string.
|
|
OPRB=(DBID=nn1,NR=ON/OFF,string,
...) |
With this syntax, you specify whether Natural is to issue a
restricted or a non-restricted Open request when an
Adabas database is accessed for the first time. This is to enhance control for
Adabas files for which exclusive update (EXU) usage is desired.
|
|
| Default setting | none | |
| Dynamic specification | no | |
| Specification within session | no |
Generally, the OPRB parameter uses one of the
above syntaxes (the possible contents of the
strings depend on the database
system).
Instead of using the OPRB parameter, you can also
use the macro NTOPRB in
the Natural parameter module
NATPARM.
The following topics are covered below:
A dynamically specified OPRB parameter applies
for all logons to libraries in whose security profiles no
OPRB parameter is specified. For a logon to a library in
whose security profile the OPRB parameter is specified,
any dynamically specified OPRB parameter is ignored and
the one from the security profile applies.
The strings which can be specified for VSAM databases are described under OPRB Parameter for VSAM Databases in the Natural for VSAM documentation.
For Adabas databases, the OPRB parameter is
required if either of the following conditions are true for the Natural
session:
An explicit list of Adabas files to be accessed/updated is to be provided. This is necessary, for example, if Adabas cluster updating or exclusive file control is to be requested.
A single logical transaction is to span two or more Natural programs
and, therefore, it is not desired to have Natural issue an END
TRANSACTION and CLOSE command at the
termination of any given Natural program.
Possible content of the parameter string:
ACC=(file-list) |
Specifies access permission (read) for the files in the file list. |
UPD=(file-list) |
Specifies access/update permission (read/write) for the files in the file list. |
EXF=(file-list) |
Specifies exclusive file control: no other users may access/update the file. |
EXU=(file-list) |
Specifies exclusive update permission (exclusive read/write) for the files in the file list. |
ACODE |
Specifies the option to enforce a user encoding for A fields. Note: |
WCODE |
Specifies the option to enforce a user encoding for W fields. Note: |
ARC |
Defines a special data architecture for fields in the record and value buffers. This definition overrides the architecture key defined for remote calls in Entire Net-work. |
For further information on these settings, refer to the description of
the Adabas OP command in the Adabas Command
Reference documentation.
If the OPRB parameter is omitted in the
NATPARM module or OPRB=OFF is specified as a dynamic
parameter, a Natural session commences with an Adabas Open command requesting
UPD (access/update) to the Natural system file. Natural also
issues RELEASE CID (Adabas RC) commands
to release all ISN lists (ISN lists specified in a RETAIN clause
of a Natural FIND
statement are not released).
The Adabas record buffer to be used with the initial Adabas
OP command can be explicitly provided. The format is
similar to that used in an Adabas record buffer for the
OP command with the exception that no blanks can be
embedded, and the complete setting must be enclosed in parentheses (not
apostrophes).
Example 1:
OPRB=(ACC=2,4,6,UPD=8.) This specifies that Adabas Files 2,4 and 6 are to be made available for access only and that Adabas File 8 is to be made available for update (which also implies access). |
Example 2:
OPRB=(EXU=1,2,3.) This specifies that Adabas Files 1,2 and 3 are to be placed under exclusive control for this Natural session. |
Combinations of the keywords ACC, UPD and
EXU must follow the rules as defined in the relevant Adabas
documentation. When these keywords are coded, Natural issues an
OP command at the start of a Natural session and a
CL at the end of the Natural session. At the end of
a Natural program, only the required RC commands are
issued to release held ISN lists.
In all of the above situations, the OP
command, which is always issued at the start of a Natural session, contains in
the Additions 1 field of the Adabas control block the user ID for the Natural
session. In batch mode, this is the job name. In TP mode, this is the setting
supplied at system initialization by the Natural interface module. In both
cases, the setting used is available in the Natural system variable
*INIT-USER.
The syntax of the NTOPRB macro is as follows:
| NTOPRB dbid,'string' |
For possible values, see the OPRB parameter; if you use
Natural with VSAM, see also the
Natural for
VSAM documentation.
If string is very long, it can
be divided in up to five strings separated by commas (see below), as the
Assembler allows single strings up to 256 bytes only.
NTOPRB 12,'ACC=40,UPD=20' NTOPRB 15,'EXU=1,','2,3'
