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Implement UNDO feature in the ZUDFM package

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF05181FContact Originator Id: fred.suesskind@eds.comAbstract: Implement ability to perform an undo of the last modification in ZUDFM package.Description: Currently, any changes made by the ZUDFM package can only be reverted by i...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

New string key feature for TPFDF

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF05180FContact Originator Id: michael.bahlen@klm.comAbstract: To make the search within TPFDF on zero terminated strings possible akey type is to be introduced that I call string key.Description: To search/sort within the last f...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

TPFDF should provide DBDEF user exits for invocation during the PACK operation.

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF00179Contact Originator Id: claudio.jorge@eds.comAbstract: TPFDF should provide user exits to be used during the pack processDescription: As each logical record is retrieved on the 'from' or input side of the file, TPFDF should...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

TPFDF should have user exits for all the API commands

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF00178Contact Originator Id: claudio.jorge@eds.comAbstract: TPFDF should provide user exits for all of the application API commands such as the DBOPN (open), DBCRE (create), DBRED (read) and DBCLS (close) commandsDescription: Us...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

Transmit metadata from DBDEF Tables to other hosts

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF00176Contact Originator Id: claudio.jorge@eds.comAbstract: TPFDF should provide the capability to replicate or transmit a structured and formatted copy of the Database Definitions (DBDEF) table data to other host systems connec...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 2 Not under consideration

DBDEF Load and Initialisation changes

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF00170Contact Originator Id: Claudio JorgeAbstract: The DBDEF definition, load and initialization should be enhanced to support a consistent view of the DBDEF so that changes introduced by a DBTAB/INIT are not visible to existin...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

Automatic refresh of DBDEF Index

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF00156Contact Originator Id: sk.ahn@eds.comAbstract: Central DBDEF Index needs to be refreshed automatically after any DBDEF is activated/deactivated.Description: Most of TPFDF customers are initializing the Central DBDEF Index ...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

TPFDF should provide a more efficient SORT command

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF00021Contact Originator Id: Waseem MajeedAbstract: TPFDF should provide a more efficient way to SORT sub-files.Description: The current SORT command internally uses a DBADD to SORT files. In an effort to make the process more e...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

Recoup User Exit improvements

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF00011Contact Originator Id: SK AhnAbstract: When processing a fixed displacement reference from user-defined codes, the boundary of the physical block needs to be checked first.Description: When a logical record referenced from...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

Support block size expansion

TPFUG_Req_Number: DF00010Contact Originator Id: SK AhnAbstract: TPFDF customers want to see TPFDF Capture & Restore utility support block size expansion as well as that of logical records.Description: TPFDF Capture & Restore support expans...
about 10 years ago in z/TPF Product Family / z/TPFDF 1 Not under consideration

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