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Operation Commands › EDIT - Display a Member

EDIT - Display a Member

Purpose

The EDIT command allows you to edit any private member you own or copy and edit any member you can access, if you give the copied version a new name. You become the new member's author. You can enter the command with a valid existing member name and display the CA Dataquery Editor with the current version of the member. Or, you can enter EDIT * to edit the active query. If you enter EDIT without an operand and press Enter, CA Dataquery presents the Edit Command prompt panel. From that panel, you can see a list of public members that you can access. See Panels for details on using the Edit Command prompt panel or the Directory of Queries and Terms.

When to Use It

When you want to copy and change an existing member or make changes to one of your private members.

Syntax

Enter

With

When You Want to:

EDIT

*

Display the active query or dialog on the Editor panel. If you do not own it, you can change it and give it a new name to make your own version.

EDIT

member-name

View an existing member and copy it by giving it a new name or, with authorization, update an existing query with changed text.

EDIT

No operand

Display the Edit command prompt panel to determine command syntax or display a directory.

Example

 => EDIT
 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------DQKE0
 DATAQUERY:  ADMINISTRATIVE MENU
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 ENTER DESIRED OPTION NUMBER ===>  __
 
  1.  PROFILE               - Display and update user profile

DQL Result

 =>
DQ022E - THERE IS NO ACTIVE QUERY
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------DQD00
 DATAQUERY:  EDIT COMMAND
 
 EDIT ACTIVE-QUERY
            (1)
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
  (1) Enter 'ACTIVE-QUERY' to display query currently in use
      or enter the name of any query, term, or dialog.
      Press <Enter> to display it for editing.
 
      Press <PF3> for a list of queries.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 <PF1> HELP        <PF2> RETURN       <PF3> LIST QUERIES

SQL Result

 =>
 DQ022E - THERE IS NO ACTIVE QUERY
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------DQD00
 DATAQUERY:  EDIT COMMAND
 
 EDIT ACTIVE-QUERY
            (1)
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
  (1) Enter 'ACTIVE-QUERY' to display query currently in use
      or enter the name of any query, term, or dialog.
      Press <Enter> to display it for editing.
 
      Press <PF3> for a list of queries.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 <PF1> HELP        <PF2> RETURN       <PF3> LIST QUERIES