SQLFILE parameter

SQL generated file names

Summary

Default value

0

Parameter type

System

Where set

On User 0's parameter line or reset by system manager

Related products

All

Introduced

Model 204 V4.1

Description

You can use the SQLFILE parameter to name the Model 204 file to which a CREATE TABLE table name is mapped. With SQLFILE, you can have the SQL Server automatically generate a unique file name from the table name. Using a system generated file name effortlessly avoids the error of having two tables mapped to the same file.

The valid settings of SQLFILE are:

Setting	Meaning
0 (default)	Unless you specified a SYSNAME clause, your CREATE TABLE table name is taken as the name of the Model 204 file to which your table is mapped in the SQL catalog.
1	Unless you specified a SYSNAME clause, Model 204 SQL processing generates a unique file name for the file to which your CREATE TABLE table is mapped in the SQL catalog.

Model 204 SQL processing maps the SQL table you name in a CREATE TABLE statement to a Model 204 file. If you do not use a SYSNAME clause, the SQL table name you use is assumed to be the name of the Model 204 file to which you are mapping. This is the default behavior, which corresponds to the SQLFILE setting of 0.

If you want to map your table to a file with a different name, you can do one of the following:

• Specify the different name in a CREATE TABLE statement SYSNAME clause. Regardless of the SQLFILE setting, your SYSNAME value is the file name to which your table is mapped.
• Have Model 204 generate a unique file name for you (that is, set SQLFILE to 1). Using this setting effortlessly avoids the possibility that two tables get mapped to the same Model 204 file.

With the SQLFILE parameter, Model 204 SQL processing meets the FIPS criterion that ANSI standard SQL DDL (Data Definition Language) without implementor extensions must create the schemas necessary to run the FIPS tests.

For more information about mapping SQL tables, see Mapping table names to file names.