Adding entries to VOC

kww · Post by **kww** » Tue May 24, 2005 7:46 am

Couple things:

What are the commands to add itmes to the VOC file?

For instance, DS.TOOLS and UNLOCK

Also, anyone know where DS.TOOLS is documented?

Sainath.Srinivasan · Post by **Sainath.Srinivasan** » Tue May 24, 2005 7:56 am

You can use universe sql to do this. But you need to know what you are adding as it may impact others too.

elavenil · Post by **elavenil** » Tue May 24, 2005 8:23 am

There is a PDF document in the IBM website to administer the Universe. I do not think there is a documentation specific to those commands unless Ascential provides.

Regards
Saravanan

kww · Post by **kww** » Tue May 24, 2005 8:24 am

I was looking for the editor commands.

ED VOC
>?

Thinking someone had some notes.

ArndW · Post by **ArndW** » Tue May 24, 2005 8:31 am

kww,

editing the VOC is not difficult to do, but you can easily corrupt your account if you are not careful. The IBM pages also have a PDF document on the UniVerse EDitor; but you have the general command syntax already - ED <filename> <recordname>. Once in the EDitor you can type HELP to get a list of valid commands and remember that typing QUIT will get you out.

The DS.TOOLS command is not documented, but it is a MENU type which is essentially a record in a file that describe the display text and associated command.

The UNLOCK command is a UniVerse command (once again, download the free PDFs from IBM) which should be used with care.

ray.wurlod · Post by **ray.wurlod** » Wed May 25, 2005 9:14 pm

Editing the VOC file is fraught with danger for the inexperienced. If you cause some damage, for example by deleting vital records, your support provider will not talk to you.