The Table Control commands affect an entire table, as opposed to affecting individual rows within a table. They allow a programmer to manipulate tables with the Open, Close, and Store commands, for example. Other commands provide for defining new tables and performing other table controlling operations. This group consists of:
- Open for Read (OR)
- Open for Write (OW)
- Close Table (CL)
- Release Table (RL)
- Refresh Table (RF)
- Store Table (ST)
- Define Table (DT)
- Get Table Definition (GD)
- Dump Definition (DD)
- Change Table Definition (CD)
- Divert (Non-existing) Table (DV)
- Divert (Existing) Table (DW)
- Change Name (CN)
- Dump Table Contents (DU)
- Create Alternate Index Definition (CA)
- Invoke Alternate Index (IA)