TurboIMAGE/XL Database Management System Reference Manual (30391-90012)
Table Of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Database Structure and Protection
- 3 Defining a Database
- 4 Using the Database
- 5 TurboIMAGE/XL Library Procedures
- Using TurboIMAGE/XL Intrinsics
- DBBEGIN
- DBCLOSE
- DBCONTROL
- DBDELETE
- DBEND
- DBERROR
- DBEXPLAIN
- DBFIND
- DBGET
- DBINFO
- INTRINSIC NUMBER 402
- Syntax
- Parameters
- Discussion
- Mode 101: Item Number
- Mode 102: Item Name
- Mode 103: Items in Database
- Mode 104: Items in Data Set
- Mode 113: BTREEMODE1 and Wildcard Character
- Mode 201: Set Number
- Mode 202: Set Name
- Mode 203: Sets in Database
- Mode 204: Sets with Item
- Mode 205: Set Capacity
- Mode 206: Number of Data Set Chunks
- Mode 207: Size of Data Set Chunks
- Mode 208: Primary and Actual Capacity
- Mode 209: B-Tree Attachment
- Mode 301: Paths
- Mode 302: Key or Search Item
- Mode 401: Logging
- Mode 402: ILR
- Mode 403: Dynamic Roll-Back
- Mode 404: Logging Subsystem Information
- Mode 406: Database Information
- Mode 501: Subsystem Access
- Mode 502: Critical Item Update
- Modes 8nn: Third-Party Indexing
- Mode 901: Language
- DBLOCK
- DBMEMO
- DBOPEN
- DBPUT
- DBUNLOCK
- DBUPDATE
- DBXBEGIN
- DBXEND
- DBXUNDO
- 6 Host Language Access
- Model Program
- ORDERS Database Model Program
- Main Body of Program
- Opening the Database
- Retrieving All the Records on a Chain (with Item Level Locking)
- Retrieving a Data Entry Using a Record Number
- Retrieving Master Data Using a Key Value
- Retrieving Data Serially (with Set Level Locking)
- Adding an Entry
- Updating an Entry
- Deleting an Entry
- Rewinding a Data Set
- Obtaining Database Information
- Obtaining Error Messages and Explanations
- Closing the Database
- C
- COBOL II
- Defining Data Types, Variables, and Intrinsics
- Main Body of Program
- Opening the Database
- Retrieving All the Records on a Chain (with Item Level Locking)
- Retrieving a Data Entry Using a Record Number
- Retrieving Master Data Using a Key Value
- Retrieving Data Serially (with Set Level Locking)
- Adding an Entry
- Updating an Entry
- Deleting an Entry
- Rewinding a Data Set
- Obtaining Database Information
- Obtaining Error Messages and Explanations
- Closing the Database
- FORTRAN 77
- Pascal
- RPG
- 7 Logging and Recovery
- Database Utilities Used in Logging and Recovery
- Recovery Options
- Logical Transactions
- Dynamic Roll-Back Recovery
- Intrinsic Level Recovery
- Logging Preparation
- Step 1--Checking MPE/iX Logging Configuration
- Step 2--Acquiring Logging Capability
- Step 3--Logging to Tape or Disk
- Step 4--Building a Log File for Logging to Disk
- Step 5--Creating the Log Identifier
- Step 6--Setting the Log Identifier
- Step 7--Setting Flags for the Database Backup Copy
- Step 8--Making a Database Backup Copy
- TurboSTORE/iX 7x24 True-Online Backup
- Logging Status
- Logging Maintenance
- Roll-Forward Recovery
- Roll-Back Recovery
- DBRECOV Commands Used with Roll-Forward and Roll-Back Recovery
- Recovery Tables
- Post-Recovery Options
- The Mirror Database
- 8 Using the Database Utilities
- Restructuring the Database with TurboIMAGE/XL Utilities
- Summary of Utility Routines
- Utility Program Operation
- DBLOAD
- DBRECOV
- >CONTROL
- >EXIT
- >FILE
- >RECOVER
- >ROLLBACK
- >RUN
- DBRESTOR
- DBSTORE
- DBUNLOAD
- DBUTIL
- >>ACTIVATE
- >>ADDINDEX
- >>CREATE
- >>DEACTIVATE
- >>DETACH
- >>DISABLE
- >>DROPINDEX
- >>ENABLE
- >>ERASE
- >>EXIT
- >>HELP
- >>MOVE
- >>PURGE
- >>REBUILDINDEX
- >>REDO
- >>RELEASE
- >>SECURE
- >>SET
- >>SHOW
- Syntax
- Parameters
- Example (Show Users)
- Example Discussion
- Example (Show All)
- Example Discussion
- Example (Show Capacity)
- Format of Show Device List
- Example (Show Device)
- Format of Show Indices
- Example (Show Indices)
- Format of Show Locks List
- Example 1 (Show Locks)
- Example 1 Discussion
- Example 2 (Show Locks)
- Example 2 Discussion
- >>VERIFY
- 9 Using a Remote Database
- 10 Internal Structures and Techniques
- 11 B-Tree Indices
- A Error Messages
- B Results of Multiple Access
- C Database Design Considerations
- D Multiple Calls to DBLOCK
- E TurboIMAGE/XL Log Record Formats
- F MPE/iX Log Record Formats
- G Recovery and Logging Quick Reference
- H TurboIMAGE/XL versus TurboIMAGE/V
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Using the Database
Using the Locking Facility
Figure 4-3. Lock Descriptor List
Conditional and Unconditional Locking
You can request conditional or unconditional locking. If you request unconditional locking,
TurboIMAGE/XL returns control to your calling program only after the specified entity has
been locked. If you request conditional locking, TurboIMAGE/XL returns immediately. In
this case, the condition code must be examined to determine whether or not the requested
locks have been applied. If multiple lock descriptors are specified, the status area indicates
the numbers that have been applied. The calling program should call DBUNLOCK if only a
subset of the requested locks succeeded.
Access Modes and Locking
It is anticipated that access mode 1 will typically be used by applications implementing a
locking scheme. In this mode, TurboIMAGE/XL enforces the following rules:
• To modify (DBPUT, DBDELETE, or DBUPDATE) a data entry, you must first issue a
successful lock covering the affected data entry. It can be a data entry, data set, or
database lock.
• To add to or delete from (DBPUT or DBDELETE) a manual master data set, you must first
successfully lock the data set or database. To update (DBUPDATE) a master data set,
data entry level locks are sufficient.
If your application opens the database in access mode 2, it is recommended that you use
locking to coordinate updates with other users.
TurboIMAGE/XL does not prevent any process from reading data even though another
process holds a lock on it. If you want to ensure that no modifications are in progress while
you are reading from the database, you should place an appropriate lock on the data before
starting. Therefore, you may want to use locking in access modes 2, 4, 5, and 6 to
coordinate the reading and modifying sequences and ensure that they do not occur
concurrently.
Because access mode 3 and 7 users have exclusive control of the database and access mode
8 users allow concurrent reading only, locking need not be used in these modes.