Returns a description of all parameters or a parameter specified in the format section_name.param_name. The section and parameter names are not case-sensitive.
The rows of the result set are (in order):
▪ Parameter_name: the name of the parameter, for example CacheSize.
▪ Description: description of the parameter
▪ Data_type: data type of the parameter
▪ Access_mode: one of the following modes:
– RO: read-only, the value cannot be changed dynamically
– RW: read/write, the value can be changed dynamically and the change takes effect immediately
– RW/STARTUP: the value can be changed dynamically but the change takes effect upon next server startup
– RW/CREATE: the value can be changed dynamically but the change takes effect when a new database is created
▪ Startup value: startup value of the parameter
▪ Current value: current value of the parameter
▪ Factory value: default value preset in the product
The following example describes parameter Com.Trace:
ADMIN COMMAND 'des parameter com.trace' RC TEXT -- ---- 0 Trace 0 If set to 'yes', trace information of the network messages is written to a file 0 BOOL 0 RW/STARTUP 0 0 0 No 7 rows fetched.