Oracle Rdb provides DCL help for the following topics: o SQL-Provides overview information on Oracle's implementation of the SQL interface for Oracle Rdb. o SQLMOD-Provides reference information on SQL Module Language. o SQLPRE-Provides reference information on SQL Precompiler. o RMU-Provides information and syntax on the Oracle RMU utility. o SQL_SERVICES-Provides reference and user information on Oracle SQL/Services. o RDBPRE-Describes the RDBPRE preprocessor. o RDML-Provides general information and syntax for the RDML preprocessor. o RDO-Provides overview information on the RDO utility. For OpenVMS I64, Oracle offers just a multiversion kit. For releases prior to 7.1 on OpenVMS Alpha systems, Oracle offers an Oracle Rdb standard kit and multiversion kit. The names of the DCL help topics are slightly different for the two types of Oracle Rdb kits. Oracle Rdb gives you the ability to read all the DCL help topics for each version of Oracle Rdb that is installed on your system. How you access these DCL help topics depends on whether you want to read the help topic for a standard kit or a multiversion kit. If you are not sure what Oracle Rdb kits are installed on your system, ask your database administrator or system manager. For information on reading DCL topics for standard kits, see the subtopic "Standard_kit." For information on reading DCL topics for multiversion kits, see the subtopic "Multiversion_Kit".
1 – Standard kit
The standard kit is available only for OpenVMS Alpha systems that are running Oracle Rdb releases prior to 7.1. To read the DCL help topics that were written for the standard kit for a particular version of Oracle Rdb, you must: 1. Set your default environment to the Oracle Rdb standard kit. For example: $ @SYS$LIBRARY:RDB$SETVER S This step is optional if you are already in the default environment for the standard kit. 2. Type HELP and the name of the topic you want help on, as follows: $ HELP SQL $ HELP RDB $ HELP RMU $ HELP SQL_SERVICES $ HELP RDBPRE $ HELP RDML $ HELP RDO
2 – Multiversion Kit
When one or more Oracle Rdb multiversion kits are installed on your system, you can read the DCL help topics that were written for each multiversion kit. Suffixes are added to DCL help topics when multiversion kits for one or more versions of Oracle Rdb are installed on a system. These suffixes are numbers that identify the topic as being written for a particular version of Oracle Rdb. To read the DCL help topics that were written for the multiversion kit for a particular version of Oracle Rdb, you must: 1. Set your default environment to the multiversion kit for the version of Oracle Rdb that you want help on. For example: $ @SYS$LIBRARY:RDB$SETVER 7.1 This step is optional if you are already in the default environment for the multiversion kit for the version of Oracle Rdb for which you want help. 2. Type HELP and the name of the topic you want help on. For example, to read the DCL help topics for the Oracle Rdb V7.1 multiversion kit, type the following: $ HELP SQL72 $ HELP RMU72 $ HELP RDBPRE72 $ HELP RDO72 $ HELP RDML72