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TurboIMAGE/XL Library Procedures

DBINFO

Mode 502: Critical Item Update

Mode 502 checks the critical item update (CIUPDATE) option settings for the database and

the current DBOPEN. The CIUPDATE option is set for the database with the DBUTIL >>SET

command and then, depending on the setting, can be enabled or disabled with DBCONTROL

for the current DBOPEN. Refer to the discussion of DBCONTROL in this chapter and the

descriptions of the DBUTIL >>SHOW and >>SET commands in chapter 8 for more

information.

Qualiﬁer is ignored.

Buffer returns the following (each element is a halfword or two bytes):

For element 1, the following values are used for the CIUPDATE option

setting speciﬁed with DBUTIL for the database:

0 Critical item update is disallowed.

1 Critical item update is allowed (default).

2 Critical item update is on.

For element 2, the following values are used for the current DBOPEN setting

speciﬁed with DBCONTROL:

0 Critical item update is disabled for this accessor.

1 Critical item update is enabled for this accessor.

Modes 8nn: Third-Party Indexing

Modes 8nn are used to return information related to third-party indexing (TPI). If your

database is enabled for TPI, refer to your vendor documentation for additional DBINFO

mode information. The section on DBUTIL in chapter 8 of this book has a brief description of

the TPI option.

Mode 901: Language

Mode 901 obtains the Native Language attribute of the database. It returns the MPE/iX

code for the language attribute.

Qualiﬁer is ignored.

Buffer returns the following (each element is a halfword or two bytes):

Element Contents

1 Critical item update ﬂag

2 Current setting for accessor

Element Contents

1 Language ID