CICS XAT -xat_name(group_name)

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CICS XAT - xat_name (group_name)

  Use this page to view and, if you have the required permissions, edit the XAT xat_name, selected from the CICS Group group_name page. An XAT is an XA-compliant database table.

  The title bar gives details of the XAT you are editing and the resource group it belongs to.

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Group List

  Click this to display the CICS Group page group_name.

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Apply

  Click this to save changes you have made to the page and refresh the page. This button is displayed only if you have permission to edit the group in which the XAT resides.

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Name

  Shows the name of this XAT.

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Description

  Specify a description of the XAT. Acceptable characters are A through Z, 0 through 9, $, @ and #.

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Switch Module

  Specify the location of the executable file (.dll) that contains the entry point that returns the xa_switch_t structure to the enterprise server.

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DB Name

  Specify the name by which the resource manager is known.

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User ID

  Specify a resource manager ID, used internally to identify a particular XA configuration. This must be unique within the enterprise server.

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Password

  Specify the password required for the User ID. If you are entering a new password, you have to confirm it by entering it in PW Verify.

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PW Verify

  Specify the password again, if you are creating a new password, to verify you have entered it correctly.

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Open String, Free Format

  Specify the string that is passed to the resource manager on the xa_open() call. An entry in this field usually contains at least the database name, and the user ID and password for connecting to the database. The contents of this string are database-specific.

  For DB2, the contents are documented in IBM's DB2 Administration Guide; for additonal information see the Application Programmer's Guide.

  For Oracle, see the Oracle Application Developer's Guide - Fundamentals.

  Where the rescoure manager supports dynamic registration, and the database vendor requires the name of the module that provides the ax_reg function, you should specify casaxlib.

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Close String, Free Format

  Specify the string that is passed to the resource manager on the xa_close() call. To find out whether or not you need to supply Close string, see your database vendor's documentation.

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Load Module

  Choose an external resource manager that the server needs to communicate with on behalf of container-managed applications.

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Load Module, Name

  if you chose User in Load Module, specify the name of the module that supplies the run-time support for the database calls made by the application.

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Delete

  Click this to delete this XAT. You see this button only if you have editing permissions for the group to which the XAT belongs.

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Copy

  Click this to create a new XAT using the entries specified on this page.

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Dump

  Click this to create and view dump information for this XAT.

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