TRANSFER Reference Manual

GET-ITEM-REC-B40
TISERV UOW Descriptions
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EXTOBJ-REC
specifies whether the application retrieves data from the specified external
object.
Y Read data from external object.
N Do not read data from external object.
PARENT-IS-ITEM
specifies whether the ID indicated in STARTING-KEY refers to an item or a
primary external object. This field is used only if EXTOBJ-REC is set to Y.
Y ID refers to an item.
N ID refers to a primary external object.
ALTERNATE-ATTACHMENT
determines whether the desired attachment is an alternate or primary
attachment. If PARENT-IS-ITEM contains N, ALTERNATE-ATTACHMENT
must contain Y. This field is used only if EXTOBJ-REC is set to Y.
Y Attachment is alternate.
N Attachment is primary.
RESERVED-6 and RESERVED-7
are reserved for use by Tandem. These fields must be set to N.
CODE-CONVERSION
specifies whether the TRANSFER delivery system should perform code
conversion on the record before returning it to the application. This field is always
used.
0 Do not perform conversion.
1 Remove formatting characters used by TTEXT.
EXTOBJ-REL-POSITION
specifies the relative position (in the list of attachments) of the external object
whose records are to be read. This field is only used if EXTOBJ-REC is set to Y.
EXTOBJ-REC-NUM
specifies the record number of the record preceding the one to be read. To read
the first record in the file, enter -1 in this field. To read the file sequentially, enter
the EXTOBJ-REC-NUM of the last record returned in the previous request. (In the
response UOW, this field contains the record number for the record returned in
the response buffer.) This field is only used if EXTOBJ-REC is set to Y.