How to determine the values for PDS-KEY-TYPE in abc50

• Article Type: General
• Product: Aleph
• Product Version: 18.01

Description:
Current setting of PDS-KEY-TYPE=02

Current information in abc50/tab/tab100

!# PDS-KEY-TYPE
!# Values: Default:
!# Type: Text; Max Length: 20
!# tab100 of library: Yes; tab100_<server_type>: No.
!
! Defines the Z308-KEY-TYPE against which all PDS authentications
! are verified.

Resolution:
Your tab100 should have the following in the header:

!# PDS-KEY-TYPE
!# Values: Default:
!# Type: Text; Max Length: 20
!# tab100 of library: No; tab100_<server_type>: No.
!
! Defines the Z308-KEY-TYPE against which all PDS authentications
! are verified. Multiple key types may be defined by using a comma
! separator, such as 00,01.
! Note that the 00 type is mandatory when the authentication is compared
! with ALEPH. In any case it is highly recommended to add the 00 type.
!

If you want to see what you are using in your database you can use the following sequence of commands. In this example usr_library is defined as USR00, you'll want to change that in this example to match what you have defined for usr_library.

At the command prompt on the server enter:
s+ usr00

At the sqlplus prompt enter:
select Z308_VERIFICATION_TYPE, count(Z308_VERIFICATION_TYPE) from z308 group by Z308_VERIFICATION_TYPE;

And you should see results like the following:

Z3 COUNT(Z308_VERIFICATION_TYPE)
-- -----------------------------
00 218251
01 7154
02 28
0

4 rows selected.

This shows that the majority of our records are Z308_VERIFICATION_TYPE (Z308-KEY-TYPE) of 00. That's why it is important to use that in the tab100. More than likely, for this example, tab100 would contain:
PDS-KEY-TYPE=00,01,02

Change abc50\tab\tab100 to whatever Z308_VERIFICATION_TYPE values you find in your usr_library.

• Article last edited: 10/8/2013