Introduction

Introduction

CA OLQ is a query tool and report writer used to retrieve information from a CA IDMS/DB database or other external files.

With CA OLQ command mode, you can do the following:

• Set up the CA OLQ environment to suit your needs (system management commands)
• Retrieve information from a CA IDMS/DB database
• Build report files based on information retrieved (report output commands)
• Perform sorts, computations, and functions on report files (report formatting commands and built-in functions)
• Create and save sequences of CA OLQ commands for regular use (qfile commands)

  Note: A sequence of CA OLQ commands saved in the data dictionary is called a query file and referred to in this manual as a qfile. In some earlier releases, qfiles were referred to as express routines in menu mode.

• Create and retrieve from stored tables (table processing commands)
• Run jobs in batch mode (CA OLQ batch commands)