Element: database.customize { }

Type

procedure

Description

A function to add user-defined elements to a database identifier. The function has an associated data block defining the new elements. This data block is a sequence of language statements, each of the form:

<type> {<element>{[<num>]} {= <values>} }

where:

• <type>
  The identifier type.

• <element>
  The element name, unique for the structure.

• [<num>]
  The array dimension if the element is an array. num may be omitted from variable-length arrays.

• <values>
  Initial value(s) for the element.

<element> can be omitted when <type> is another class of structure. In such cases the members of <type> are inherited by the new structure and given the same element names. If <type> is a filter, its value must be a single line definition.

Notes

The new structure elements cannot be graphic elements.

This function cannot be changed by the user.

Parameters

database.customize (<database>) {
    <data_block>
}

The procedure may be called in one of two ways:

# Assume mydb is the database identifier.
database.customize(mydb)

or

mydb.customize()

Example

database mydb,-name='scott/tiger',-prop=oracle
mydb.customize {
    string user_desc = 'Administration'
}