Creating Columnar Messages

This section contains three tables to help you issue the QUERY command that best fits your needs. The first table (Table 1) lists the commands that generate columnar messages. Once you find the appropriate QUERY command, you can use this table to decide what SHOW options you should specify to get the information you need.

The second table (Table 1) lists the composite SHOW options for each QUERY command and the columns RSCS displays. The information in this table helps you locate a composite SHOW option that meets your needs.

The third table (Table 1) lists the maximum width of each column header and the maximum width of the information appearing beneath that header. If a columnar message is too wide, it will wrap to the next line of your screen and make the message difficult to read. The maximum width of a columnar message before it wraps varies. If your local system specified the MSGNOH statement in the RSCS configuration file, local messages can be up to 78 characters wide and remote messages can be up to 63 characters wide. If you want to generate a columnar message that does not wrap to the next line, you can use the information in this table to decide how many SHOW options to specify.