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About This Book

This book is both a user's guide and reference manual for all of the commands available with the IBM Transaction Processing Facility Database Facility (TPFDF) product.

In this book, abbreviations are often used instead of spelled-out terms. Every term is spelled out at first mention followed by the all-caps abbreviation enclosed in parentheses; for example, structured programming macro (SPM). Abbreviations are defined again at various intervals throughout the book. In addition, the majority of abbreviations and their definitions are listed in the master glossary in Messages (System Error, Online, Offline) and Master Glossary.

Before You Begin

Before using this book, see TPFDF General Information for an overall understanding of the TPFDF product.

Who Should Read This Book

This book is intended for operators, application programmers, system programmers, database administrators, and any other data processing professionals responsible for database management.

How This Book Is Organized

This book is organized as follows:

Conventions Used in the TPFDF Library

The TPFDF library uses the following conventions:

Typography Examples of Usage
italic

Used for important words and phrases. For example:

A database is a collection of data.

Used to represent variable information. For example:

Enter ZUDFC DISPLAY ID-fileid, where fileid is the file identifier (ID) of the file for which you want statistics.


bold Used to represent keywords. For example:

Enter ZUDFC HELP to obtain help information for the ZUDFC command.

monospaced Used for messages and information that displays on a screen. For example:
    PROCESSING COMPLETED

Used for C language functions. For example:

    dfcls

Used for examples. For example:

    ZUDFC DISPLAY ID-J5
bold italic Used for emphasis. For example:

You must type this command exactly as shown.

CAPital LETters

Used to indicate valid abbreviations for keywords. For example:

KEYWord=option


How to Read the Syntax Diagrams

This section describes how to read the syntax diagrams (informally called railroad tracks) used in this book.

Related Information

A list of related books follows. For information on how to order or access any of this information, call your IBM representative.

IBM TPF Database Facility (TPFDF) Books

IBM Transaction Processing Facility (TPF) 4.1 Books

IBM Airline Control System (ALCS) Books

Miscellaneous IBM Books

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