NonStop SQL/MP Reference Manual
Table Of Contents
- What’s New in This Manual
- About This Manual
- A
- Access Options
- ADD DEFINE Command
- AGGREGATE Functions
- Alias
- ALLOCATE File Attribute
- ALTER CATALOG Statement
- ALTER COLLATION Statement
- ALTER DEFINE Command
- ALTER INDEX Statement
- ALTER PROGRAM Statement
- ALTER TABLE Statement
- ALTER VIEW Statement
- APPEND Command
- APPENDCANCEL Command
- APPENDRESTART Command
- AS Clause
- AS DATE/TIME Clause
- ASCII Character Set
- AUDIT File Attribute
- AUDITCOMPRESS File Attribute
- Audited Tables
- AVG Function
- B
- C
- CANCEL Command
- CASE Expression
- CAST Function
- CATALOG Command
- Catalogs
- CATALOGS Table
- CENTER_REPORT Option
- Character Data Types
- Character Expressions
- Character Sets
- CHAR_LENGTH Function
- CLEANUP Command
- CLEARONPURGE File Attribute
- CLOSE Statement
- Clustering Keys
- COLLATE Clause
- Collation Definitions
- Column Identifier
- Columns
- COLUMNS Table
- COMMENT Statement
- Comments
- COMMENTS Table
- COMMIT Option
- COMMIT WORK Statement
- Comparison Predicate
- COMPUTE_TIMESTAMP Function
- CONCAT Clause
- Concurrency
- Constraints
- CONSTRNT Table
- CONTINUE Statement
- CONTROL EXECUTOR Directive
- CONTROL QUERY Directive
- CONTROL TABLE Directive
- CONVERT Command
- CONVERTTIMESTAMP Function
- COPY Command
- Correlation Names
- COUNT Function
- CPRLSRCE Table
- CPRULES Table
- CREATE CATALOG Statement
- CREATE COLLATION Statement
- CREATE CONSTRAINT Statement
- CREATE INDEX Statement
- CREATE SYSTEM CATALOG Command
- CREATE TABLE Statement
- CREATE VIEW Statement
- CURRENT Function
- CURRENT_TIMESTAMP Function
- Cursors
- C89
- D
- Data Dictionary
- Data Types
- DATE Data Type
- DATE_FORMAT Option
- DATE-TIME Data Types
- DATE-TIME Functions
- DATE-TIME Literals
- DATEFORMAT Function
- DATETIME Data Type
- DAYOFWEEK Function
- DCL (Data Control Language) Statements
- DCOMPRESS File Attribute
- DDL (Data Definition Language) Statements
- Deadlocks
- DECIMAL_POINT Option
- DECLARE CURSOR Statement
- DEFAULT Clause
- DEFINEs
- DELETE DEFINE Command
- DELETE Statement
- DESCRIBE INPUT Statement
- DESCRIBE Statement
- Detail Alias
- DETAIL Command
- DISPLAY STATISTICS Command
- DISPLAY USE OF Command
- DISTINCT Clause
- DML (Data Manipulation Language) Statements
- DOWNGRADE CATALOG Command
- DOWNGRADE SYSTEM CATALOG Command
- DROP Statement
- DROP SYSTEM CATALOG Command
- DSL (Data Status Language) Statements
- DSLACK File Attribute
- DUP Command
- Dynamic SQL
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- ICOMPRESS File Attribute
- IF/THEN/ELSE Clause
- IN Predicate
- INCLUDE SQLCA Directive
- INCLUDE SQLDA Directive
- INCLUDE SQLSA Directive
- INCLUDE STRUCTURES Directive
- Index Keys
- INDEXES Table
- Indicator Variables and Indicator Parameters
- INFO DEFINE Command
- INITIALIZE SQL Command
- INSERT Statement
- INTERVAL Data Type
- INTERVAL Literals
- INVOKE Directive and Command
- ISLACK File Attribute
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- PAGE_COUNT Option
- PAGE FOOTING Command
- PAGE_LENGTH Option
- PAGE_NUMBER Function
- PAGE TITLE Command
- Parallel Index Loading
- Parameters
- PARTITION Clause
- Partitions
- PARTNS Table
- PERUSE Command
- Plans
- POSITION Function
- Predicates
- PREPARE Statement
- Primary Keys
- Print Item
- PROGID File Attribute
- Program Invalidation
- PROGRAMS Table
- Protection View
- PURGE Command
- PURGEDATA Command
- Q
- R
- RECLENGTH File Attribute
- RELEASE Statement
- REPORT FOOTING Command
- REPORT Option
- REPORT TITLE Command
- Report Writer
- Reserved Words
- RESET DEFINE Command
- RESET LAYOUT Command
- RESET PARAM Command
- RESET PREPARED Command
- RESET REPORT Command
- RESET SESSION Command
- RESET STYLE Command
- RESETBROKEN File Attribute
- RIGHT_MARGIN Option
- ROLLBACK WORK Statement
- ROWCOUNT Option
- S
- Sample Database
- SAVE Command
- Search Conditions
- SECURE Command
- SECURE File Attribute
- Security
- SELECT Statement
- SERIALWRITES File Attribute
- SET DEFINE Command
- SET DEFMODE Command
- SET LAYOUT Command
- SET PARAM Command
- SET SESSION Command
- SET STYLE Command
- SETSCALE Function
- Shorthand View
- SHOW CONTROL Command
- SHOW DEFINE Command
- SHOW DEFMODE Command
- SHOW LAYOUT Command
- SHOW PARAM Command
- SHOW PREPARED Command
- SHOW REPORT Command
- SHOW SESSION Command
- SHOW STYLE Command
- Similarity Checks
- SLACK File Attribute
- SPACE Option
- SQL Directive
- SQL Identifiers
- SQLCI
- SQLCI Commands
- SQLCODE
- SQLCOMP Command
- Standards Conformance
- Statements
- Static SQL
- Statistics
- Storage Management Foundation (SMF)
- String Functions
- String Literals
- Subqueries
- SUBSTRING Function
- SUBTOTAL Command
- SUBTOTAL_LABEL Option
- SUM Function
- Super ID
- Syskeys
- System Catalog
- SYSTEM Command
- System DEFINEs
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Z
- ! COMMAND
- =_AUDSERV_XSWAP_node DEFINE
- =_DEFAULTS DEFINE
- =_SORT_DEFAULTS DEFINE
- =_SQL_CAT_HEAP_LIMIT DEFINE
- =_SQL_CMP_DOUBLE_SBB_OFF DEFINE
- =_SQL_CMP_DOUBLE_SBB_ON DEFINE
- =_SQL_CMP_EQ_LIMIT DEFINE
- =_SQL_CMP_EVENT DEFINE
- =_SQL_CMP_EVENT_NO0 DEFINE
- =_SQL_CMP_NO_KS_MJOIN DEFINE
- =_SQL_cmp_node DEFINE
- =_SQL_EXE_DOUBLE_SHUTOFF DEFINE
- =_SQL_EXE_ESPS_CK_CMON DEFINE
- =_SQL_EXE_USE_SWAPVOL DEFINE
- =_SQL_MSG_node DEFINE
- =_SQL_RECGEN_node DEFINE
- =_SQL_TM_node_vol DEFINE
- Index
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CATALOGS Table
CATALOGS Table
The CATALOGS table is a catalog table that describes all the catalogs on a node.
CATALOGS is part of the system catalog for the node and does not exist in user-created
catalogs.
The CATALOGS table is always located on a subvolume named SQL, even if the
system catalog is installed on a subvolume of a different name. As a result, it is
sometimes called the SQL.CATALOGS table. It is always on the same volume as the
system catalog for the node.
The following table describes the contents of the SQL.CATALOGS table:
The columns CATALOGNAME through CATALOGCLASS (1 through 5) were created
in version 1 of NonStop SQL/MP. The sixth column, CATALOGVERSION, was added
in version 300.
If you have the required authority, you can use the CATALOGS table to obtain
information such as the names of all objects on a node that belong to a particular user.
(Retrieve the names of all catalogs from the table, then search each catalog for objects
owned by the user.)
Guardian names in CATALOGS are fully qualified and use uppercase characters.
Caution. Normally, DELETE, INSERT, and UPDATE statements do not work on catalog
tables, but a licensed SQLCI2 process (or a licensed SQL program file) can use any DML
operation on catalog tables, as described in the NonStop SQL/MP Installation and
Management Guide.
Only the most extreme situations should require the use of a licensed SQLCI2 process,
because such operations can be extremely dangerous to the consistency of the database and
the data dictionary.
Column Name Data Type Description
1 CATALOGNAME * CHAR(25) Node, volume, and subvolume of a
catalog
2 SUBSYSTEMNAME * CHAR(30) Name of subsystem where catalog resides
3 VERSION CHAR(4) Version of catalog in character format:
A010 = Version 1
A011 = Version 2
A3nn = Version 3nn
4 VERSIONUPGRADETIME LARGEINT
SIGNED
Julian timestamp from last upgrade or
downgrade of catalog
5 CATALOGCLASS CHAR(1) S if system catalog
U if user catalog
6 CATALOGVERSION SMALLINT
UNSIGNED
Version number of catalog
* Indicates primary key