Database
Table of Contents
1
Introduction
Overview
Keys
Defining Variables
Variable Formats
Variable Quality Control
Variable Labels
2
Schema
Format of Commands
Order of Commands
Example Record Specification
CREATE DATABASE
CONNECT DATABASE
DISCONNECT DATABASE
SET DATABASE
PASSWORD
SECURITY
PURGE SIR FILE
DELETE SCHEMA
CASE ID
COMMON SECURITY
COMMON VARS
DOCUMENT
MAX INPUT COLS
MAX KEY SIZE
MAX REC COUNT
MAX REC TYPES
N OF CASES
N OF RECORDS
READ SECURITY
RECS PER CASE
RECTYPE COLS
SYSTEM SECURITY
TEMP VARS
WRITE SECURITY
ACCEPT REC IF
CAT VARS
CHARACTER
COMPUTE
CONTROL VARS
DATA LIST
DATE VARS
DOCUMENT
END SCHEMA
IF
INPUT FORMAT
INTEGER
KEY FIELDS
MAX REC COUNT
MISSING VALUES
OBSERVATION VARS
REAL
REC SECURITY
RECODE
RECORD SCHEMA
REJECT REC IF
SCALED VARS
SEQUENCE CHECK
TIME VARS
VALID VALUES
VALUE LABELS
VARIABLE LIST
VAR LABELS
VAR RANGES
VAR SECURITY
CREATE DBINDEX
SIR SCHEMA LIST
WRITE SCHEMA
3
Schema Modification
Modifying Data Types
Dynamic Restructuring
Database Restructure
MODIFY SCHEMA
DELETE SCHEMA
4
Data
Batch Data Input Specifications
ADD REC
EVICT REC
READ INPUT DATA
REPLACE REC
UPDATE REC
SIR FILE DUMP
SIR FILE LIST
SIR SPREADSHEET
5
Backup
IMPORT
EXPORT
SIR SUBSET
UNLOAD FILE
UPLOAD
ITEMIZE FILE
LIST STATS
JOURNAL RESTORE
VERIFY FILE
DOWNLOAD
SIR MERGE
RELOAD FILE
6
Tabfiles and Tables
CONNECT TABFILE
CREATE TABFILE
CREATE INDEX
VERIFY TABFILE
7
Tuning and Efficiency
Disk Space
Processing Efficiency
Efficient Batch Processing
Database Internal Structure
Block Organisation
Loading Factor
Size Estimating