The workDBType build descriptor option
specifies the type of work database to use at run time. You use this
option if you have set the system build
descriptor option to CICS® or
IMSVS and if the workDBType build descriptor
option is specified for the first program in the run unit.
If the system build descriptor option
is set to ISERIESC, the work database is always SQL, regardless of
the value of workDBType.
The work database is used to:
- Save the program status after you issue a converse statement
in a text or web application.
- Save the program status after you issue a show statement
in a web transaction.
- Save input from a form while the user views a help form.
- Save output for a text form if an error message must be displayed
when you did not specify a value for the form's messageField property.
- Save a copy of a text form when you issue a show statement
that includes a returning to clause to transfer control to
another program.
Values
- AUX (the default value for CICS)
- Save program status data in a CICS auxiliary
temporary storage queue.
- MAIN
- Save program status data in a CICS main
temporary storage queue.
- DLI (the default value for IMS™)
- Save program status data in a DL/I database.
- SQL
- Save program status data in a relational database.