Answer Questions (ANSQST)

The question-and-answer (Q & A) database coordinator uses the Answer Questions (ANSQST) command to display and answer questions asked by users of a Q & A database. More information is available in the Basic system operations topic collection in the IBM i Information Center at http://www.ibm.com/systems/i/infocenter/.

Restrictions:

  1. This command is shipped with public *EXCLUDE authority.
  2. A user must have authority to the command and be a Q & A coordinator for any Q & A database referred to by the command.
  3. This command can only be used interactively.

Parameters

Keyword Description Choices Notes
QSTDB Q/A database Name, *SELECT Optional, Positional 1
LIB Lib containing Q/A database Name, *QSTLIB Optional, Positional 2

Q/A database (QSTDB)

Specifies the Q & A database with which to show and answer questions.

The possible values are:

*SELECT
You are asked to specify a Q & A database. If only one Q & A database exists on the system, it is the default.
question-database
Specify the name of the Q & A database with which to display and answer questions.

Lib containing Q/A database (LIB)

Specifies the name of the library that contains the Q & A database.

The possible library values are:

*QSTLIB
The library containing the specified Q & A database is searched. If *SELECT is specified on the QSTDB parameter, any Q & A database in any library to which you are authorized can be selected.
library-name
Specify the name of the library to be searched. If *SELECT is specified on the QSTDB parameter, any database in the library to which you are authorized can be selected.

Examples 

ANSQST

This command shows the Select Question Status display. If more than one Q & A database is available for selection, the Select Q and A Database display is shown first.

Error messages

None