changeda - Change Data Area Deployment

Listed below are the syntax options available for changeda. When you use changeda, you must specify one and only one of the following: -b, -c, -d, -f, -i, -m, -p, -s, -I, or --listbusclasspatterns.

changeda -b [attribute=value] [OPTIONS] dataarea [businessclass_pattern ...]

changeda --listbusclasspatterns

changeda -c [attribute=value] [OPTIONS] dataarea file [all | column ...]

changeda -d [attribute=value] [OPTIONS] dataarea

changeda -f [attribute=value] [OPTIONS] dataarea [files...]

changeda -i [attribute=value] [OPTIONS] dataarea file [all |index ...]

changeda -I [OPTIONS] datarea directivefile

changeda -m [attribute=value] [OPTIONS] dataarea [modules ...]

changeda -p [attribute=value] [OPTIONS] dataarea [filename_pattern ...]

changeda -s [attribute=value] [OPTIONS] dataarea space ...

Data area attributes in the data area deployment file ( %LACFGDIR%\dict\dataarea.xml) control many aspects of the data area configuration.

Note: Before the April 2021 Landmark update, the dataarea.xml file was located in %LASRCDIR%\dict. The April 2021 update and later updates will attempt to move the dataarea.xml file to %LACFGDIR%\dict. If the file cannot be moved, the system will continue to use the dataarea.xml file in %LASRCDIR%\dict.

The deployment file specifies attributes such as:

  • default values for each data area

  • the modules included in the data area

  • the database space assignment for the data area or its files

Note: 

The data area deployment file is used by the system and should only be modified using the provided changeda utility.

The data area attributes you can set for different components of the data area using the changeda utility are described in more detail in Infor Landmark Technology Data Access Guide using <Database>. You can also delete an attribute by specifying the name of the attribute and then providing no value, for example, lobsize=

Program option or attribute Value
-b or --busclasspattern Change attribute values for all files in a data area that contain a business class pattern.
-c or --column Change attribute values for all or specified columns in a file.
-d or --default Change default data area attribute values for the data area.
-f or --file Change attribute values for specified files within the data area.
-i or --index Change attribute values for specified indexes within the data area.
-I or --inputfile Read directives from an input file.
-m or --module Change attribute values for specified modules within the data area.
-p or --filenamepattern Change attribute values for all files in a data area whose names match a regular expression.
-s or --space Update space attributes.
-r or --remove Remove rather than update the module attribute.
--uselpl Access metadata from LPL files on disk instead of dictionary.
dataarea The data area to change module attributes for.
modules

One or more modules to change attributes for.

If a module is not specified, the value is assigned or changed for all modules in the data area.

files One or more files to change attributes for.
--listbusclasspatterns Lists the available business class pattern names for use with the -b (--busclasspattern) option.
businessclass-pattern The pattern that determines which files' attributes are modified.
filename-pattern A regular expression that matches one or more LPL file names.
attribute (default)

space (database space name), charset (character set name), splitlobstorage (yes or no), pmyincludedeleteflag (yes or no), varchar (yes or no), or utf8lobs (yes or no).

For varchar, enter yes to specify that the database driver should use a var char rather than a char type for the Lawson Alpha, AlphaUpper, and AlphaRight data types. The default is no.

See below for more information about splitlobstorage and pmyincludedeleteflag.

Note: 

The space must already exist in the data area if you want to assign it as the default.

attribute (file)

space (database space name), varchar (yes or no), ddloptions (a valid DDL statement), splitlobstorage (yes or no), or pmyincludedeleteflag (yes or no), or utf8lobs (yes or no).

For varchar, enter yes to specify that the database driver should use a var char rather than a char type for the Lawson Alpha, AlphaUpper, and AlphaRight data types. The default is no.

See below for more information about ddloptions, splitlobstorage, and pmyincludedeleteflag.

attribute (index)

indexed (yes or no) or ddloptions (a valid DDL statement).

See below for more information about ddloptions.

attribute (module)

space (database space name), splitlobstorage (yes or no), pmyincludedeleteflag (yes or no), or utf8lobs (yes or no).

For varchar, enter yes to specify that the database driver should use a var char rather than a char type for the Lawson Alpha, AlphaUpper, and AlphaRight data types. The default is no.

See below for more information about splitlobstorage and pmyincludedeleteflag.

attribute (space)

Space attributes are:

dbtype (empty, msf2008, msf2016, oracle, or proxy)

dbname (database name - same as section name in db.cfg. If you provide no value, the value defaults from dbtype.)

tablespace (the name of a tablespace - Oracle)

tablespace (the name of a filegroup - MS SQL)

indexspace (the name of the tablespace for an index - Oracle)

indexspace (the name of the filegroup for an index - MS SQL)

lobspace (name of a tablespace for LOB objects - Oracle)

lobspace (name of a filegroup for LOB objects - MS SQL)

schema (schema name)

isview (yes or no) - indicates a space managed by a different system

sqltype (s3classic, landmark, or foreign)

charset (charset name)

supplementalindexes (yes or no)

copy (space name) - to copy the attributes from another space and apply them to the space you are modifying with changeda.

oracle_lobcache (yes, no, or audit) - On Oracle, a value of yes sets the LOB storage to CACHE, a value of no sets the LOB storage to NOCACHE, and a value of audit will use CACHE for AuditLog and EffectiveDatedLog only. New data areas are created with a value of audit so that audit logs are cached by default but all other LOBs are not cached. Existing data areas will maintain their current behavior where LOBs are not cached.

oracle_lobcompression (no, low, medium, or high) - On Oracle, the level of compression to use when storing LOB files.

textindexstoplist (name) - the name of the stop list in MS SQL containing terms that should be excluded from the text index. By default this is set to off, meaning indexing does not exclude any terms or numbers. You have the option of creating your own stop list in MS SQL and referring to that list through this attribute.

readonly (yes or no) - to designate a space as read-only. You can only set this attribute to yes if the isview attribute is set to yes.

See below for more information about dbtype, sqltype, and ddloptions.

attribute (column)

ddloptions (a valid DDL statement)

See below for more information about ddloptions.

-v displayoptions

errorlevel, tracelevel, and verbose specified in any order, where:

  • errorlevel = {n}none | {f}atal | {e}rror | {w}arning (warning is the default)

  • tracelevel = 0:6 where 0 is no message and 6 is everything

  • verbose = whether to display exception stacktrace

Detailed Descriptions of Selected Attributes

Attribute Description
ddloptions The ddloptions attribute enables you to include a string with valid DDL statements. This replaces the functionality formerly provided by LAW_DBA_TABLES.
splitlobstorage For updates to the default, file, and module attributes, you can set the splitlobstorage attribute. If you set this to true, LOBs will be placed in separate tables and these tables will not be included in a database reorganization unless necessary. For a new installation, the default value of this attribute is true. For systems being updated from pre-10.0.0.2 Landmark, you must run changeda to set the value to true.
pmyincludedeleteflag For updates to the default, file, and module attributes, you can set the pmyincludedeleteflag attribute. If you set this to true, the system more efficiently processes searches against primary indexes that have deleted records. For a new installation, the default value of this attribute is true. For systems being updated from pre-10.0.0.2 Landmark, you must run changeda to set the value to true.
dbtype

For defining a space,

  • Use msf2008 if the database is MS SQL 2012 or MS SQL 2014.

sqltype

Use sqltype to indicate the field naming convention system the space is for:

  • s3classic

    Generated SQL is compatible with Infor Lawson System Foundation naming standards.

  • landmark

    Generated SQL maps SQL names in upper or lower case, as appropriate for the database.

  • foreign

    Generated SQL uses the name exactly as specified in the LPL business class definition.