In the following example, a change in field definition FLD_ A causes a message to be displayed when you READY MY_DB. The message is displayed and cleared and the CLEAR NOTICES command is verified using the CDO command. DTR> CDO SHOW NOTICES MY_DB USR$DISK:[RICK.TEST]GLOBAL.MY_DB;1 is possibly invalid, triggered by CDD$DATA_ELEMENT USR$DISK:[RICK.TEST]GLOBAL.FLD_A;1 DTR> CDO CLEAR NOTICES MY_DB DTR> CDO SHOW NOTICES MY_DB %CDO-I-NOMESSAGES, USR$DISK:[RICK.TEST]GLOBAL.MY_DB;1 has no notices DTR>