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You can create the application either from scratch or as a copy of another application on the same server. The permission required to create an application is power user or system administrator.

See APP-NAME for information on the maximum length of and special characters that are allowed in an application name. Application names are not case-sensitive.

Syntax

• APP-NAME

• COMMENT-STRING

Keywords

Use the MaxL create application statement to create a block storage (BSO) application in the following ways.

create application APP-NAME

Create a new application intended for a block storage (BSO) cube.

Example:

create application MyBSOApp;

Creates an application called MyBSOApp.

create or replace application …

Create an application intended for a BSO cube, replacing an existing application of the same name, if one exists.

Example:

create or replace application MyBSOApp;

Creates an application called MyBSOApp. If an application named MyBSOApp already exists, it is overwritten.

create application APP-NAME type nonunicode_mode

Create a non Unicode-mode application intended for a block storage database. Non-Unicode mode is the default application type that is created, even if these keywords are omitted.

Example:

create application MyBSOApp type nonunicode_mode;

create application APP-NAME type unicode_mode

Create a Unicode mode application intended for a block storage database.

Example:

create application MyBSOApp type unicode_mode;

create application APP-NAME as APP-NAME

Create an application as a copy of another application. To copy an application, Application Manager permission on the source application is required, in addition to the power user role required to create an application.

Example:

create application MyBSOApp as Sample;

Creates a block storage application called MyBSOApp, which is a copy of the gallery sample application named Sample.

create application APP-NAME comment COMMENT-STRING

Create a block storage application including a short description (optional). The description can contain up to 80 characters.

Example:

create application MyBSOApp comment 'This is a test application.';