HP System Dictionary/XL General Reference Manual Vol 2 - Part 1 SDINIT (32256-90005)

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NEW
PROMPT
SKIP
TERMINATE
Option EXIT w ill end the program. Option NEW will prompt you to enter a new external
name. Option PROMPT will issue the following prompt for action:
Exit, enter New name, Skip, Terminate (E/N/S/T)?
Option SKI P will skip the entity, option TERMINATE will terminate the merge process and
continue to read the next SDUTIL command.
The default for this para meter is PROMPT if you are running in session, and SKIP if you are
running in batch.
incompatible-defn-action When an oc currence (entity or relationship) is merged into a dictionary, it may
have already existed. If the definition in the dictionary has the same attribute values as the
one to be merged, then it is considered compatible and no action will take place for that oc-
currence. However, if the source and target occurrences have different attribute values then
you will be given the following options to handle the conflict:
EXIT
PROMPT
REPLACE
SKIP
TERMINATE
Option EXIT will en d the SDUTIL program. Option PROMPT will issue the following
prompt:
Exit, Replace, Skip or Terminate (E/R/S/T)?
Optio n REPLACE will replace the existing definition's attributes with the source definition's
attributes. Option SKIP allows you to skip over the conflicting definition leaving the existing
definition in the dictionary. Option TERMINATE will terminate the merge process and con-
tinue to read the next SDUTIL command. The default is PROMPT if you are running in ses-
sion, and SKIP if you are running in batch.
var-attribute-list Comparing variable length attribute values to determine the compatibility is very time
consuming. Therefore, SDUTIL will automatically merge (replace) the variable length at-
tribute values from the source. If you need to compare the variable length attribute values to
take the INCOMPATIBLE-DEFINITION action, enter the attribute name(s) in a list format
separated by commas. If the source dictionary is not also the target dictionary, then the
names entered correspond to the names of the variable length attributes found in the source
dictionary. If the values are compatible, SDUTIL will not take any action. If they are incom-
patible, SDUTIL will take the action specified in the INCOMPATIBLE-DEFINITION option.
Ifyouwishtocompareallofthevariablelengthattributes,specifyCOMPARE-VAR-ATTR=!.
If you don't wish to compare any, specify COMPARE-VAR-ATTR=. The default is not to com-
pare any.
common-link-option This option allows you to specify that if a source occurrence is linked to an occurrence