UPDATE

Synopsis

HELP:   Update records in archive
TYPE:   OBJECT
SYNTAX: UPDATE(NET.{},STORE/SAVE.{},FLAM(),LOGGING.{},MESSAGE(),NORUN)

Description

The UPDATE sub command can be used to update records of a FLAM archive using wild cards for the member name and match data.

In contrast to COMP( TO.MODIFY()), where you can make mass inserts, updates and deletes in an existing archive, the update command is used to change individual records directly (provided over the DATASET object). This gives you more flexibility, as you can only change individual columns and you do not have to use the entire primary key for this, and you are completely free in terms of indexing.

This creates a new archive version where the updated records are changed. The former date still remains accessible via older versions. If this is not what you want, you need to delete the respective old archive versions. Each archive version exists independently and is immutable.

To get syntax information, please use:

   flcl SYNTAX ARCHIVE.UPDATE

To get help for a parameter, please use:

   flcl HELP ARCHIVE.UPDATE.parameter[.parameter[...]]

To read the manual page for a parameter, please use:

   flcl MANPAGE ARCHIVE.UPDATE.parameter[.parameter[...]]
      or
   flcl HELP ARCHIVE.UPDATE.parameter[.parameter[...]] MAN

To generate the user manual for the command, please use:

   flcl GENDOCU ARCHIVE.UPDATE=filename

Parameters can be defined via command line (directly or by parameter file) or via properties taken from the corresponding property file.

Arguments