Tables where the primary key has multiple records

In some tables, a given primary key might have multiple records. For example, in the attribute set table, PIATRSET, the primary key is SET. However, there are many attributes in a given attribute set. This is essentially a table within a table, so you must tell piconfig to output all records in a given attribute set. In the following example, the @ostr * command outputs all attributes for each entry in the table, then the @ostr … command tells piconfig to repeat on each primary key entry until all records have been output. Without specifying this output repeat, only the first attribute would be returned.

* (Ls - ) PICONFIG> @tabl piatrset
* (Ls - PIATRSET) PICONFIG> @ostr *
* (Ls - PIATRSET) PICONFIG> @ostr ...
* (Ls - PIATRSET) PICONFIG> @sele SET=Base
* (Ls - PIATRSET) PICONFIG> @ends
base,descriptor,,String
base,exdesc,,String
base,typicalvalue,50.,Float32
base,engunits,,String
base,zero,0.,Float32
base,span,100.,Float32
base,pointtype,12,UBYTE
base,pointsource,Lab,String
base,scan,1,BYTE
base,excmin,0,Uint16
base,excmax,600,Uint32
base,excdev,0.1,Float32
base,shutdown,1,BYTE
base,archiving,1,BYTE
base,compressing,1,BYTE
base,step,0,BYTE
base,compmin,0,Uint16
base,compmax,28800,Uint32
base,compdev,0.2,Float32
base,creationdate,31-Dec-69 19:00:00,TimeStamp
base,creator,PIUserIncompatible,String
base,changedate,31-Dec-69 19:00:00,TimeStamp
base,changer,PIUserIncompatible,String
base,displaydigits,-5,BYTE
base,digitalset,,String
* End Repeat...

The next example shows how to specify a repeat, but this time uses a single output structure command, @ostr set,attrib,....

* (Ls - ) PICONFIG> @tabl piatrset
* (Ls - PIATRSET) PICONFIG> @ostr set,attrib,...
* (Ls - PIATRSET) PICONFIG> @sele set=base
* (Ls - PIATRSET) PICONFIG> @ends
base,descriptor,exdesc,typicalvalue,engunits,zero,span,pointtype,pointsource,
scan,excmin,excmax,excdev,shutdown,archiving,compressing,step,compmin,compmax,
compdev,creationdate,creator,changedate,changer,displaydigits,digitalset