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SET OPTIONS Functions

The SET OPTIONS statement allows you to perform the functions shown in the following table.

To do this

Use this SET OPTIONS clause

Specify dictionary security options

PREPARED BY

REVISED BY

SECURITY FOR

PASSWORD SECURITY OVERRIDE

REGISTRATION OVERRIDE

USER SIGNON OVERRIDE

Set a site-standard quote character

QUOTE

Set a site-standard decimal point character

DECIMAL-POINT

Specify maintenance conventions for entity-occurrences

DELETE

DEFAULT

Establish keywords that identify alternative formats(up to four) for element occurrences

ALTERNATE PICTURE KEYWORD

Direct the text editor of the batch DDDL compiler

SEQUENCE

BEFORE

AFTER

RESEQUENCE

Set input and output formats for online and batch processing

PROMPT/NO PROMPT

ECHO/NO ECHO

LIST/NO LIST

HEADER/NO HEADER

LINES PER PAGE

INPUT COLUMN

OUTPUT LINE SIZE

JCL CODE

Specify whether DML precompilers are to accept undefined programs at runtime

AUTHORIZATION IS ON/OFF

Specify whether CULPRIT is to copy file definitions from the dictionary at runtime

CULPRIT AUTO ATTRIBUTES

Specify default level numbers for elements that participate in record-element structures

LEVEL NUMBERS

Establish default version numbers

DEFAULT FOR NEW VERSION

DEFAULT FOR EXISTING VERSION

Control DISPLAY/PUNCH output

PUNCH TO

FORMAT

DISPLAY ALL LIMIT

INTERRUPT COUNT

DISPLAY WITH/ALSO WITH/WITHOUT

DISPLAY AS SYNTAX/COMMENTS

DISPLAY VERB

Establish a default end-of-file indicator for use with the online DDDL compiler

EOF

Establish recognition of an alternative end-of-statement character

SEMICOLON ALTERNATE