10/31/90 AZ49 (Multics Logical Inquiry and Update System Reference Manual) Errata Information for MR12.4 pg 5-8: add "substitute_args" to the list of available linus requests. pg 5-9: at the end of "-profile path" description, change | "The segment named by path must exist." | | with | | The segment named by path must exist. This control | argument implies -abbrev. | | pg 5-9: replace the line | | .ab rdm do "read_mail -abbrev | -profile [hd]>mail_system &rf1" | | with | | .ab Rdm do "read_mail -profile [hd]>mail_system &rf1" | pg 5-14: under the control arg "-previous_row, -prw" change the sentence which states "...is returned unless changed by the...", to "...is returned unless changed by the -default control argument." pg 5-44: in the paragraph beginning "This request modifies | selected data...", add the following new paragraph after the | sentence beginning "In both cases...." | | If the precision of the input variable or expression exceeds | the precision of the target database field, the data will be | rounded before being inserted into the database. | pg 5-49: change the control arg "-col_widths_trunc, cwt" to be "-col_widths_trunc w1 ... wn, -cwt w1 ... wn" pg 5-65: under "control_arg" change the sentence which states "The default wait time is 30 seconds" to "The default wait time is 900 seconds." pg 5-66: under the paragraph beginning "This request adds new | rows...", add the following new paragraph. | | If the precision of the input variable or expression exceeds | the precision of the target database field, the data will be | rounded before being inserted into the database. | Section 5: Add the following control argument documentation to the command write-ups for the store (page 5-66), store_from_data_file (pg 5-68), write (pg 5-71), and write_data_file (pg 5-72) requests. -no_progress, -npg specifies that progress messages should not be printed. (DEFAULT) -progress, -pg specifies that a progress message should be printed after N tuples have been processed, where N is any positive integer. If N is not specified the default is to print a progress message after 1000 tuples. Section 5: Add the following control argument documentation to the command write-ups for the store (pg 5-66) and store_from_data_file (pg 5-68) requests. -no_warning, -no_warn specifies that warning messages should not be printed when storing the tuple results in a conversion error or duplicate tuple error. -warning, -warn specifies that warning messages are printed when storing the tuple results in a conversion error or duplicate tuple error. (DEFAULT) Section 5: Under the notes section for the store (pg 5-66) and (pg 5-68) store_from_data_file requests add the following. Warning messages are printed when attempting to store a new row into the table causes a conversion error or a duplicate tuple error. 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