user_attrib

The user_attrib table holds the definitions of all iProcess attributes defined on the system.

Structure

The user_attrib table has the following structure:

TABLE user_attrib (
	node_id		number(5)		NOT NULL,
	attribute_id	number(5)		NOT NULL,
	attribute_name	varchar2(15)	NOT NULL,
	attribute_type	varchar2(1)	NOT NULL)

Column	Description
node_id	ID of the node that this attribute is defined on, as defined in the nodes table.
attribute_id	Unique ID for this attribute.
attribute_name	Name of this attribute.
attribute_type	Attribute type: Either ASCII (A), Numeric (R), Date (D) or Time (T).

Primary Key

The following primary key is defined for this table.

Key Name	Column(s)	Index Tablespace
pk_user_attrib	attribute_id node_id	SMALLINDEXSPACE

Foreign Keys

The following foreign key is defined for this table.

Key Name	Column(s)	Referenced in Table...
fk_user_attrib1 This key enforces the DELETE CASCADE referential action.	node_id	nodes

Indexes

The following indexes are defined for this table.

Index Name	Column(s) Indexed	Tablespace
idx_user_attrib_fk	node_id	SMALLINDEXSPACE
idx_user_attrib	attribute_name	SMALLINDEXSPACE

Storage

The following STORAGE values are defined for this table.

Value	Definition
Initial	SMALLTABLESIZE
Percentage Increase	SMALLTABLEPCTINCREASE
Tablespace	SMALLTABLESPACE

Table Activity

The user_attrib table contains one or more rows for each iProcess attribute defined on the system. The following action takes place if an attribute’s maximum length is defined as follows:

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24 characters or less, one row is created for the attribute.

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25 characters or more, one row is created for each 24 characters of the attribute’s maximum length, and a number is appended to the attribute_name entry for each row.

The following example illustrates this:

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DESCRIPTION is a system-defined attribute of type ASCII with a maximum length of 24 characters; one row is therefore added to the table.

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QSUPERVISORS is a system-defined attribute of type ASCII with a maximum length of 48 characters; two rows are therefore added to the table - QSUPERVISORS_01 and QSUPERVISORS_02, each with a unique attribute_id.

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JOBDESC is a user-defined attribute of type ASCII with a maximum length of 60 characters; two rows are therefore added to the table - JOBDESC_01 and JOBDESC_02, each with a unique attribute_id.

    node_id     attribute_id     attribute_name     attribute_type
    -------     ------------     --------------     --------------
    1           1                DESCRIPTION            A
    1           2                LANGUAGE                 A
    1           3                MENUNAME                 A
    1           4                SORTMAIL                 A
    1           5                USERFLAGS                A
    1           6                QSUPERVISORS_01        A
    1           7                QSUPERVISORS_02        A
    1           9                JOBDESC_01             A
    1           10               JOBDESC_02             A

Rows are added, updated and deleted in the following situations.

A row is...	When...
added	a Move System Information is performed, if the flag_table indicates that the Users data area has been modified. Note: The table is purged and rewritten using the values from the tsys_user_names table.
updated	never.
deleted	a Move System Information is performed, if the flag_table indicates that the Users data area has been modified. Note: The table is purged and rewritten using the values from the tsys_user_names table.