Call Formats

This appendix contains the call formats used by CA IDMS/DB and CA IDMS/DC to execute DML commands. Each DML function can be coded using standard CALL statements.

The tables in this appendix present the function codes and arguments that are passed to CA IDMS/DB and CA IDMS/DC for execution of a DML command.

About Arguments 0 and 1

Note the following information about arguments 0 and 1 when you review the tables in this appendix:

Argument 0—This argument is passed for all functions. It contains SUBSCHEMA-CTRL, the IDMS DB or IDMS DC communications block.
Argument 1—CA IDMS/DB passes the IDBMSCOM array as argument 1. CA IDMS/DC passes the DCBMSCOM array as argument 1.

Example of a Call Format

The following Example shows the expanded call format for a BIND RECORD statement (BIND EMPLOYEE):

   CALL 'IDMS' (SUBSCHEMA_CTRL
           ,IDBMSCOM (48)
           ,'EMPLOYEE   '
           ,EMPLOYEE;
                    );

Order of Expansions

CA IDMS/DB call expansions are presented first, CA IDMS/DC expansions second. Formats are grouped in different tables according to statement function.

This section contains the following topics:

CA IDMS/DB Call Formats

CA IDMS/DC Call Formats