QMF temporary storage areas
Some objects in QMF are temporary. These temporary objects reside in QMF
temporary storage areas. You have to save them or they disappear, either when
you exit QMF or when you write something else over them.
When you save the contents of any of these QMF temporary storage areas,
they are stored in the database.
There are five QMF temporary storage areas:
- QUERY
- Holds a query you are writing, recently imported, or recently ran. To
display the contents of QUERY, enter SHOW QUERY.
- PROC
- Holds a procedure you are writing, recently imported, or recently ran.
To display the contents of PROC, enter SHOW PROC.
- PROFILE
- Holds your profile. To display the contents of PROFILE, enter SHOW PROFILE.
- FORM
- Holds an object that specifies how to format data. To display the contents
of FORM, enter SHOW FORM.
- DATA
- Holds the data you imported or selected by the last query you ran or
displayed. DATA is formatted by FORM to yield a report.
To display the
contents of DATA, enter SHOW REPORT. This does not show DATA directly
(nothing does); it shows the contents of DATA as formatted by FORM.
To display DATA in chart form using the Interactive Chart Utility (ICU), enter SHOW CHART.
The contents of a QMF temporary storage area are replaced when you do any
of the following:
- Import a CICS data queue, TSO data set, or a CMS file into QUERY, PROC,
DATA, or FORM.
- Run a query from the database. The query in the database replaces the
contents of QUERY in QMF temporary storage.
- Run a procedure from the database. The procedure in the database replaces
the contents of PROC in QMF temporary storage. And, if the procedure contains
a command to run a query, that query replaces the contents of QUERY.
- Run a query that displays data. The new data replaces the contents of
DATA (whether you entered the RUN command on the command line or from a procedure).
When you change the contents of DATA, you change the contents of FORM.
- Display a table in the database. The data replaces the contents of the
DATA object and changes the FORM object.
Tables in the database, such as Q.STAFF, are permanent. You must be authorized
to erase tables from the database.
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