Additional Topics

Topics: Status Return Variable: &RETCODE Default Date Considerations Standard FOCUS and Data Adapter Differences Remote Segment Descriptions Long Field Name Considerations Oracle Data Adapter Stored Procedure Support Differences Between the DB2 and DB2 for VM Data Adapters Querying the DB2 or DB2 for VM SYSCOLUMNS Catalog Determining DB2 Decimal Notation at Run-time CALLDB2: Invoking Subroutines Containing Embedded SQL The DB2 Distributed Data Facility DB2 DRDA Support Read-only Access to IMS Data From DB2 MODIFY Procedures

This appendix describes the Dialogue Manager status return variable, &RETCODE, the FOCUS default date and its implications for reporting and modifying an RDBMS table, differences between the relational data adapters and standard FOCUS, and remote segment descriptions. It also discusses additional topics relevant to the Oracle and DB2 Data Adapters.