5 31 4 CHECK

The CHECK command is used to check for the existence of a data object.

If an object is available a response status of OK is returned otherwise a response status of NOT_EXIST is returned.

Syntax:

Command	Keyword	Value	Developer notes for Command/Keyword/Value
CHECK	OBJECT	*DATASOURCE	Mandatory. Checks if a data source object exists.
		*FIELD	Checks if a data source field exists.
		*TABLE	Checks if a data source table exists.
	NAME	value	Optional for DATASOURCE. Mandatory for FIELD and *TABLE. The NAME keyword is the name of the table, field or data source. The field name is the data source field name not the program field name.

Example

CHECK OBJECT (*DATASOURCE)
CHECK OBJECT (*DATASOURCE) NAME (PEOPLE)
CHECK OBJECT (*TABLE) NAME (SKILLS)
CHECK OBJECT (*FIELD) NAME (EMPLOYEE_ID)