IBM SC41-5210-04 Selecting items in a Query for iSeries list, Special Library Name Description

The number of items shown in the list part of the display varies, depending on what form the list is in and the amount of space used by the prompt part of the display. Sometimes a new display will appear that shows the list. If all items in a list do not fit on the display, you can use the page keys to page forward and backward through the list.

Selecting items in a Query for iSeries list

You can select an item from a list by doing one of the following:

vTyping the name and an option number in the first position in the list.

vSelecting an item directly from the list by typing a number next to the name in the list. By selecting an item directly from the list by typing a number next to it, you often can select more than one item and thus save a lot of time and typing.

You may be able to display, from a list, a long comment about a file, a record format, a file member, or a field. Long comments may provide extensive information about their content. If a long comment is defined for a file, a record format, a file member, or a field, you can move the cursor to its name and press F23 to display the long comment.

Note: If the field is a result field, the entire expression defining the result field is shown as a long comment.

Special library names in Query for iSeries

You can specify any of the following special library names to search the associated libraries for query definitions, files, or translation tables:

Special Library Name

Description

*CURLIB	The current library being used for your job. It is the only library searched. If no current
	library is found, QGPL is searched.
*LIBL	All the libraries in the library list for your job. They are searched in the order they are
	listed.
*USRLIBL	All the user libraries that are in the user part of the library list for your job. They are
	searched in the order they are listed.
*ALLUSR	All the user libraries on the system that you have the authority to use and other libraries
	that you have authority to use whose names begin with the letter Q. *ALLUSR does not
	list certain System/36™ libraries that begin with the # character. The libraries are searched
	in alphabetical order.
*ALL	All the libraries on the system that you have the authority to use. They are searched in
	alphabetical order.
GENERIC*	All libraries starting with characters that precede an asterisk that you have authority to use
	are searched. For example, you can specify STA* to search all libraries starting with STA.

If you specify *CURLIB in the Library prompt, Query changes it to the name of the library currently being used in your job. That library name is displayed in place of *CURLIB.

Note: You can use only those libraries for which you have the necessary authority. If you specify a special library name that contains libraries you do not have authority for, you will see queries in only those libraries in that list for which you do have the authority.

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