Pathmaker Programming Guide

Designing a Pathmaker Application
Preparing for Pathmaker Application Development
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NonStop SQL Table Object Names. Rules for naming NonStop SQL table objects are:
A NonStop SQL table object name can contain up to 30 characters consisting of:
Letters (A-Z) (a-z)
Digits (0-9)
Hyphens (-)
The name must start with a letter.
The name cannot contain spaces.
The name cannot end with a hyphen.
Uppercase and lowercase letters are not distinguished.
The names cannot be a COBOL, C, or Screen COBOL reserved word.
Examples of NonStop SQL table object names are:
EMP-TAB
TABLE002
You specify the NonStop SQL table object name on the SQL Table Registration screen.
The NonStop SQL table object name is used on all subsequent Pathmaker screens to
refer to a NonStop SQL table.
File Names
Within the Pathmaker interface, application developers specify both logical file names
and physical disk file names.
Logical File Names. For Enscribe files, these names are used to create ASSIGN
statements in the Pathway configuration of the application.
For NonStop SQL tables, logical file names are used to create host variables in the
generated server code.
Rules for logical file names are:
Names must start with a letter.
Names cannot be any longer than 30 characters.
Names cannot be a COBOL or C reserved word.
Names can contain any combination of digits (0-9), letters (A-Z, a-z), or hyphens
(-) but cannot end in a hyphen.
Names cannot contain spaces.