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Establishing a Default Dictionary

What is a Default Dictionary

A default dictionary is the dictionary that will be accessed by CA IDMS tools if you don't specify a dictionary by other means such as using a DCUF SET DICTNAME command or a CONNECT statement.

Defining a Default Dictionary

To define a default dictionary for your runtime environment, include a subschema mapping in the database name table associated with the runtime DMCL for the IDMSNWK subschemas. For example, the following statement establishes TESTDICT as the default dictionary for the runtime environment using the ALLDBS database name table:

create dbtable alldbs
   add subschema idmsnwk? maps to idmsnwk? dbname testdict;