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CATALOG=catalogname

Specifies the catalog(s) to be searched. If pattern characters are specified, then more than one catalog can be selected on a single SCAN statement. See Command Language Syntax Rules in this chapter for a complete description of the use of the special characters. The CATALOG parameter and the DSNAME parameter cannot be used together.

Note: If the value you specify for CATALOG= does not match any of the catalog names in your installation, TCF will issue an error message and terminates all commands in the command stream.

Note: AB/ is not the same as AB./ even if AB is a complete node. The former requires much more memory and processing time than the latter because the end of the node is not indicated, so that possibilities like ABX or ABY have to be checked for, even if they turn out not to exist. AB./ permits TCF to limit the catalog locate function to just that node.