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Using Delimiters in Name Marking

You can use commas or periods as a mask placeholder in segmented names. For example, to retrieve all entities of logical-record SALESPERSON-ORD in schema SALESCHM, specify the following:

SALESPERSON-ORD,,SALESCHM

In this example, the first comma marks the end of the system name, the second comma designates the subschema name, and the name segment SALESCHM designates the schema name. In our example, CA Endevor/DB would process records 7, 8, and 9.

You can combine the delimiter and asterisk to retrieve an even larger list of entities. For example, to identify the logical record CUSTOMER-ORDER in all subschemas compiled against all schemas whose names started with "SALES", specify:

CUSTOMER-ORDER..SALES*

In the table illustrated above, CA Endevor/DB would process records 1, 2, and 3.

Multiple asterisks are allowed in the clause. However, you can code only one asterisk per name segment.