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(DQB20) Column Display

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 PLACE THE CURSOR ON THE DESIRED NAME AND PRESS THE APPROPRIATE PFKEY.
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 DATAQUERY:  COLUMN DISPLAY                     DICTIONARY DATABASE ID:
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  TABLE NAME:                                   DB NAME:       DB ID:
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             COLUMN NAME               |             DESCRIPTION
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 <PF1> HELP          <PF2>  RETURN     <PF3> NOT USED      <PF4> DISPLAY KEYS
 <PF5> EXTENDED DEF  <PF6>  TEXT       <PF7> BACKWARD      <PF8> FORWARD

Description

This panel displays the names and descriptions of columns. You can get this panel by using the DISPLAY COLUMNS PF key on any panel where it is shown as an option. This is not the same panel which is displayed when you choose the DISPLAY COLUMNS option from the CA Dataquery Editor. That panel is COLUMN DISPLAY (DQB90).

Action

You can view the names of the columns or select a column by cursor position. Use the DISPLAY table-name command if you want to know the name of the high-order column.

Display Fields

Refer to the following for explanations of the display fields intended to contain variable data.

DICTIONARY DATABASE ID:

The DATACOM-ID of the current Datadictionary database containing the definitions for this table.

TABLE NAME:

Name of the table whose key and column names are displayed on this panel.

DB NAME:

The DATACOM-ID of the table whose key and column names are displayed on this panel.

DB ID:

The DATACOM-ID of the database containing the table whose key and column names are displayed on this panel.

Columns

Refer to the following for a discussion of each column on this panel.

COLUMN NAME

Lists column names for the table.

DESCRIPTION

Lists description, if any, of column named at left.

PF Keys

The following lists the PF keys for this panel, with a brief description of each function.

<PF1> HELP

Displays Help information about the current panel.

<PF2> RETURN

Exits the current panel.

<PF4> DISPLAY KEYS

Displays the KEY DISPLAY panel.

<PF5> EXTENDED DEF

Displays the EXTENDED DEFINITION panel.

<PF6> TEXT

Displays text panel for the selected column.

<PF7> BACKWARD

Scrolls the list backward.

<PF8> FORWARD

Scrolls the list forward.