Purpose
Provides descriptive information when establishing a session.
| Flavor Field | Mnemonic | TRDSPBCA | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Field | Length | Value | ||
| 189 | TRDSPFCA | PBCAID | 2 byte unsigned integer | An attribute id |
| PBCALEN | 2 byte unsigned integer | Length of the attribute data | ||
From one to three attributes may be defined, each beginning with the PBCAID and PNCALEN fields described above.
| TRDSAACX | ||
|---|---|---|
| Field | Length | Value |
| PBCACXH | 4 bytes | The two 2byte integer fields PBCAID and PBCALEN as described above |
| PBCACXC | 1 byte hexadecimal | The character set code for the subsequent text, always X'C0' |
| PBCACXTX | The number of bytes less one contained in the PBCALEN field | The EBCDIC value for the attribute |
The following three attributes are defined.
| Attribute id | Mnemonic | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | PBCAI2R | CLIv2 release |
| 25 | PBCAID | Any session description specified by the application using the DBCAREA SESSION-DESC operands |
| 26 | PBCAIAW | Any workload description specified by the application using the DBCAREA WORKLOAD operands |