B DBML Syntax

Obsolete utility statements

The following statements are no longer supported as of Eloquence A.06.00. A runtime error 1004 is generated when they are encountered.

DBSTORE [ base$ [ TO vol spec$ ] ]

The DBSTORE statement calls the HP-UX script file "dbstore" which backs up all data sets or any group of data sets in the database.

DBRESTORE [ base$ [ FROM vol spec$ ] ]

The DBRESTORE statement calls the HP-UX script file "dbrestore" which restores the database using data stored previously by DBSTORE.

DBPASS base$, user-class number, old password TO new password

This statement changes the password for a stated user-class number.

DBMAINT base$, old word TO new word

This statement changes the maintenance password for a stated database. The old word and new word parameters are string expressions from 0 through 16 characters, excluding nulls and spaces. The old word specified must match the current maintenance word for the database. The maintenance word is established when the root file is created via the DBCREATE statement.

This statement reads all used passwords from the specified database into a string array.

READ DBPASSWORD base$, maint$; string array variable

This statement re-assigns all passwords in the specified root file with those in a specified string array.

READ DBPASSWORD base$, maint$; string array variable


Eloquence Database Manual - 19 DEC 2002