Setting Schema Management options


You can set the behavior for the Schema Management feature by clicking Options NW_gear.png. These settings also serve as the default option settings for all new Schema Compare views.


Important

You can override the options settings for a specific Schema Compare View in the Define a Comparison wizard. For more information, see Comparing-two-schemas.

You can specify the following options:

Option

Description

Default value

Use European format for decimal numbers (EURO)

Select whether to use the European decimal format (1.234.567,89).

This value corresponds to the Change Manager EURO installation option.

No

Use padded values for columns of type VARCHAR (PADDED)

Select whether to pad VARCHAR values.

This option corresponds to the Change Manager OVERRIDE( IXPADDEDY ) and OVERRIDE( IXPADDEDN ) ALUIN keywords, and to the PADIX DSNZPARM.

No

Include the primary key constraint in the scope (UCPKPALL)

Select whether to include the primary key constraint in the scope.

This option corresponds to the Change Manager OVERRIDE( KEEP-ALL-PRIMARY ) ALUIN keyword.

No

Include white spaces in native SQL stored procedure comparisons (CMPSPTXT)

Select whether to include white spaces in native SQL stored procedures.

This option corresponds to the Change Manager CMPSPTXT installation option and the SPTEXT( EXACT ) or SPTEXT( NOEXACT ) ALUIN keyword.

Yes

Generate an ALTER TABLE RENAME COLUMN statement when the only difference between two table definitions is a column rename (RENAMECOL)

(BMC.DB2.SPE2404)

Select whether to generate a column rename statement or drop-and-add statements when the only difference between two table definitions is a column rename. If you select this option, Change Manager generates column rename statements.

This option corresponds to the Change Manager RENAMECOL installation option and the RENAMECOL or NORENAMECOL ALUIN keywords.

No

CCSID

Select the default encoding scheme for databases that are created.

This option corresponds to the Change Manager CCSID installation option.

EBCDIC

CISIZE

Select N to create VSAM data sets with a control interval size (CISIZE) of 4 KB, regardless of the page size (buffer pool size) of the table space. Select Y to support larger CISIZE values.

This option corresponds to the DSVCI DSNZPARM.

Blank

Length of inline LOB columns

Enter a value for the inline LOB column.

This option corresponds to the LOB_INLINE_LENGTH DSNZPARM.

0

OVERRIDE

Enter one or more space-separated Change Manager OVERRIDE keywords (maximum of 57 characters).

Important

Do not enclose the OVERRIDE keywords between parentheses.

For more information, see OVERRIDE-keywords.

NA



 

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