Change Data (CHGDTA)

Where allowed to run: Interactive environments (*INTERACT *IPGM *IREXX *EXEC)
Threadsafe: No

The Control Language (CL) command CHGDTA lets you add, change, or delete records in an existing database file.

Error messages for CHGDTA

*ESCAPE Messages

Keyword	Description	Choices	Notes
DFUPGM	DFU program	Qualified object name	Required, Positional 1
	Qualifier 1: DFU program	Name
	Qualifier 2: Library	Name, LIBL, CURLIB
FILE	Data base file	Qualified object name	Optional, Positional 2
	Qualifier 1: Data base file	Name, *SAME
	Qualifier 2: Library	Name, LIBL, CURLIB
MBR	Member	Name, *FIRST	Optional, Positional 3

Specifies the qualified name of the DFU program that will control the interactive update of data.

*LIBL: DFU will use your library list to search for a specified program.
*CURLIB: Type *CURLIB to use your current library. If no current library entry exists in the library list, QGPL is used. If you do not specify a library name, *LIBL is used.

Specifies the database file you want to process.

The possible values are:

*SAME: DFU will use the file that was used to define the program.
file-name: Type the qualified name of the data file you want DFU to process. The file should have at least one record format name in common with the file used to define the program.
*LIBL: DFU will use your library list to search for a specified program.
*CURLIB: Type *CURLIB to use your current library. If no current library entry exists in the library list, QGPL is used. If you do not specify a library name, *LIBL is used.

Specifies the member in the file you want to process.

The possible values are:

None

*ESCAPE Messages