ACCDESC

ACCDESC

Assigns a name to the access descriptor for a new database

Optional statement

Applies to: New database

Syntax
Details

Syntax

ACCDESC|AD|ACCESS= libref.access-descriptor;

Details

The ACCDESC= statement specifies an access descriptor name for the new database. If the member name already exists, the DBLOAD procedure will not create the new database.

The DBLOAD procedure always creates an access descriptor file when it creates a database. WORK.<database>.ACCESS is the default name, where database contains the first seven characters of the new database name. It also creates a view descriptor that matches the access descriptor. (See also VIEWDESC.)

Note: When you are creating a new database and you want to issue the ACCDESC= statement, it must not be the first statement in the procedure. It must follow some statement that is allowed only for creating a new database so that the DBLOAD procedure knows your intent. [cautionend]

AD= and ACCESS= are equivalent to the ACCDESC= statement.

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