The TEMPLATE command maintains a set of /REGION and /SEGMENT qualifier values for use as templates when ADDing regions and segments. When an ADD command omits qualifiers, GDE uses the template values as defaults.

GDE maintains a separate set of /SEGMENT qualifier values for each ACCESS_METHOD. When GDE modifies the ACCESS_METHOD, it activates the appropriate set of TEMPLATEs and sets all unspecified qualifiers to the template defaults for the new ACCESS_METHOD. Use the GDE SHOW command to display qualifier values for all ACCESS_METHODs.

The format of the TEMPLATE command is:

    T[EMPLATE]/R[EGION] [/REGION-qualifier...]
    T[EMPLATE]/S[EGMENT] [/SEGMENT-qualifier...]
    

The TEMPLATE command requires specification of an object-type.

Example:

    
            
    GDE> T/S/AL=200000
    
    
    
         

This command modifies the segment template so that any segments ADDed after this time produce database files with an ALLOCATION of 200,000 GDS blocks.