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Conducting an Online Session

After you have signed on to OCF, you can begin the online OCF session. Any physical DDL, logical DDL, SQL DML, command facility statements, utility statements, or security administration statements you enter on the OCF screen become part of your work file.

Work File Options

Work file options are as follows:

• Enter and execute statements in the work file dynamically (see Executing Statements Dynamically).
• Save the work file as a dictionary module (see Creating, Editing, and Saving Modules).
• Display the contents of any dictionary module for editing (see Creating, Editing, and Saving Modules).

Session Options

You can tailor your processing and output options for the session using the SET OPTIONS statement (see Using SET OPTIONS to Select Options). You can use the SET OPTIONS statement at any time during the session.

You can also enter commands on the top line of the screen to control an OCF session (see Using Top-line Commands) or use the program function (PF) key assigned to the desired command function (see Using Control Keys).

Editing Options

You can use line-editing commands to edit the statements contained in your OCF work file (see Using Line Commands).

Coding Considerations

For more information about coding considerations, see Coding Considerations.

Input and Output Are Displayed

OCF displays each input statement, followed by the requested output. Output (including messages) is preceded by *+, indicating the text is commentary only; if you re-execute the statements on the screen, OCF ignores the text preceded by *+.

Note: To turn off the *+ commenting, specify WIDTH PAGE 79 in the SET OPTIONS statement.

Error Handling

OCF responds to errors encountered in source input statements by listing status messages on the line immediately following the line in error.

Note: The message *+ Status = 0 indicates successful processing.