CreateMDSClassDesc - Teradata Meta Data Services

CreateMDSClassDesc

Purpose

The CMetaAIM CreateMDSClassDesc function creates a new class description in the current model.

Description

The class can be used to create its associated property descriptions. It can also be used in new relationship description definitions.

The default OwnerID is the logged in user. The class's versioning support will be set from the AIM's versioning support.

Requirements

Updates to an existing Class Description object are not permitted.

Class names must be unique within an AIM.

Syntax

HRESULT CreateMDSClassDesc(

	CMetaClassDesc *&pClassObj,

	LPCTSTR strClassName,

	LPCTSTR strClassDesc,

	const short sUniqueNamesFlag,

	const GUID& gClassID,	

	const OBJECTID_t lOwnerID,

	const OBJECTID_t SecurityProfileID,

	const bool bRootClass);

Argument	In/Out	Description
pClassObj	In/Out	Pointer to Class Desc object. If pClassObj is a pointer to NULL, the object is created by the API. The calling application is responsible for freeing the object.
Name	In	Name of the class.
Desc	In	Description of class.
UniqueNamesFlag	In	MD_UNIQUE = maintain unique names (default) MD_NULL = do not maintain unique names.
gClassID	In	Global unique identifier to assign to this class.
OwnerID	In	OwnerID of this object. The default OwnerID is the logged in user.
bRootClass	In	True = set this class to be a root class of the model. The MDS browsers begin tree displays of the data in the model at the root classes.
SecurityProfileID	in	Security Profile assigned to the object.