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Is A System Manager A DBA (more)
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Therm-O-Link <[log in to unmask]>
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Therm-O-Link <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 10 Mar 1998 14:43:20 -0500
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Boy, this has really gotten me riled up!  Checking the HELP DISPLAY 
within IMAGESQL reveals:

DI[SPLAY] SQLDBE[S]                                                     
-------------------                                                        
  
   Displays all the DBEnvironments associated with a specific TurboIMAGE/iX
  
   database.                                                               
  
                                                                           
  
SYNTAX                                                                     
  
   DI[SPLAY] SQLDBE[S] [FOR TurboDBName [,MAINT = TurboMaintWord]]         
  
                                                                           
  
EXAMPLE                                                                    
  
   DISPLAY SQLDBES FOR MYTURBODB


The "["'s around the ",MAINT" phrase indicate that it is optional, as is 
the TURBODBNAME parameter.  So trying the minimum DISPLAY command:

>>DISPLAY SQLDBES                                                          
   
TurboDB not set (ATCERR 32436).


Aha!  So let's just do a SET TURBODB and see what happens:

>>SET TURBODB MMSDB2.PUB.TOL
Maintenance word not specified (ATCERR 32403).


Oh, no, not again!  HELP SET reveals:

>>HELP SET

SE[T] TURBODB                                                           
-------------                                                              
  
   Defines the TurboIMAGE/iX database.                                     
  
                                                                           
  
SYNTAX                                                                     
  
   SE[T] TURBODB TurboDBName [,MAINT = TurboMaintWord]                     
  
                                                                           
  
EXAMPLE                                                                    
  
   SET TURBODB MYTURBODB


Again, indicating that the ",MAINT" phrase is optional.

This is really short-sighted on HP's part.  Why would they ever 
require a maintenance word when one was never specified by the 
DBC?  And if the program requires it, at least fix the help 
text to reflect that.

Jim Phillips                            Manager of Information Systems
E-Mail: [log in to unmask]      Therm-O-Link, Inc.
Phone: (330) 527-2124                   P. O. Box 285
  Fax: (330) 527-2123                   Garrettsville, Ohio  44231

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