jcs_odf.alter_format

on-site-related topic PL/SQL API jcs_odf.alter_format

Summary

Alter a format.

Specification

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procedure alter_format(name in varchar2,
description in varchar2 default const.def_str,
extension in varchar2 default const.def_str,
type in varchar2 default const.def_str,
version in number default null,
out_index_name in varchar2 default const.def_str,
log_index_name in varchar2 default const.def_str,
mimetype in varchar2 default const.def_str,
comment_text in varchar2 default const.def_str,
application_name in varchar2 default const.def_str,
partition in varchar2 default const.def_str,
application_partition in varchar2 default const.def_str,
character_set in varchar2 default const.def_str)

Parameters

  • name - the name of the format
  • description - a description for the format
  • extension - the extension of the format

Note: The Process Server will assign this extension to the output file with this format type.

  • type - the output format ASCII or binary - this influences the way the Process Server treats special characters
  • version - the version number of the format
  • out_index_name - the index type for the output file of the job - the Process Server uses the following index types:
  • TEXT - for indexing standard text reports
  • HTML - for indexing HTML reports
  • INSO_FILTER - the Inso filter is a universal filter that filters most report formats. Use it for indexing single and mixed format columns.
  • log_index_name - the index type for the log file of the job
  • mimetype - the content-type as used in MIME - the default value is 'text/plain'
  • comment_text - a comment with the format
  • application_name - the name of the application the format belongs to
  • partition - the Partition of the format
  • application_partition - the Partition of the application the format belongs to
  • character_set - used for jobfile conversion during jcs.readfile

See Also