Syntax for Objects and Table Entries

Objects and table entries use different syntaxes.

• Objects use simple object names.

• Table entries use indexed names.

For objects

objectname

For table entries

columnname=value],tablename

In this case, the brackets are part of the syntax.

Indexed names can specify more than one column-value pair. If so, the operation applies only to the entries that match all the column-value pairs. The more column-value pairs you provide, the more stringent the search.

For example:

Columns use a special version of indexed names. Because you can only work on columns with the nistbladm command, see "The nistbladm Command" for more information.