2.105 GETMARKERS | IGNOREMARKERS

Valid for

Extract

Description

Use GETMARKERS or IGNOREMARKERS to include or exclude marker records from the specified EXTFILE.

Marker records are special audit records created by users with the GGSCI command ADD MARKER. You can use marker records to identify application-specific critical points in Extract and Replicat processing.

The most common use of a marker is to identify a point at which all data has been replicated from a source to a target database. To do this, an operator brings down application activity against the source database, then adds a marker. After seeing a message that the marker was processed by Replicat, you can safely assume all records from the source database have been processed. At this point, for example, a hot site switch to the backup database could safely occur.

Default

GETMARKERS

Syntax

GETMARKERS | IGNOREMARKERS