CA Culprit in the CA IDMS/DB Environment › PATH Parameter › What It Does

What It Does

A PATH parameter defines a path through the database. CA Culprit navigates the path and returns information to the input buffer to be processed. The following formats define a path:

• A list of one or more database records that can be followed by a logical record
• A single logical record

At least one PATH parameter is required for database access. CA Culprit automatically generates a PATH parameter for runs that access one or more ASF tables.

Considerations that apply to accessing database records, logical records, and tables and filling the input buffer are discussed separately below, followed by the syntax for the PATH parameter.