5.1 Argument Summary

DEFGEN accepts the following arguments.

Argument Description
EXCLUDESYSTEM | INCLUDESYSTEM 

Instructs DEFGEN to omit (EXCLUDESYSTEM) or include (INCLUDESYSTEM) the NonStop system name from the files and tables for which definitions are being generated.

EXPANDDDL 

Supplies options to manipulate output for Enscribe record definitions.

NCHARCOMPATIBILITY 

Sets the datatype to 0 from 2 for multibyte nchar and 64 from 66 for multibyte nvarchar.

RECORDNAMEPROMPTING 

Supplies the name of an existing record definition to use when generating a definition for a new table.

FORMAT RELEASE

Specifies the trail format of the data that is sent by Extract to a trail, file, or (if a remote task). The value tells the reader process whether the data records are of a version that it supports. The format depends on the version of the Oracle GoldenGate process. Newer Oracle GoldenGate versions contain different characteristic than older ones.