Page History
...
The person who prepared the data being imported may have set it up so that a number of questions must be answered just after the import job commences execution (refer to Define Substitution Variables Used in a List for details).
These questions are sent to the message queue nominated when the import job was submitted as a series of inquiry messages.
...
1. Some messages have a default reply that the exporter thought might be correct in most situations. The default reply is shown to you in the message text, and by replying with an (asterisk) you can indicate that the default reply should be used. Otherwise, you can override the default with a specific reply of your own.
2. Other messages do not have a default reply. In this case, you must provided a specific reply of your own.
...
Having to reply to inquiry messages may not be necessary.
Refer to Avoid Large Export Lists
in in Exporting Objects - Tips and Techniques for details of how import messages can be avoided by having the person who prepares the export lists pre-define the answers.
...
This data area, which is created after some LANSA operations complete, can be accessed by other programs to test the result of the attempted import operation.
Refer to the DC@RESLT Data Area for details of this data area and what it contains.
...
Only use the NO answer to the 'Assign new internal names' option on the import prompt (or direct call interface) if you understand the complete implications of this feature. Refer to Assign New Internal Names for details.
Importing of Export Lists - Resetting of entries
...
For example, if your exporting partition has language ENG as the default language and your importing partition has language FRA as the default language , if the export doesn't include language FRA, then the ENG documents are copied into documents for language FRA. This ensures that you have published documents for your partition's default language. The FRA documents are then copied to populate the other importing partition's languages for which published documents are not available.
...