SCHEMA-CHANGE attribute

Relaxes the requirement for exclusive access to a database in order to make the following schema changes online:

• Add new sequences.
• Add new tables, as well as any associated fields, indexes, and database triggers (which must be added within the same transaction).
• Add new fields to an existing table. (You cannot define ASSIGN triggers for new fields while the database is online.)
• Add new inactive indexes to an existing table.

Data type: CHARACTER

Access: Readable/Writeable

Applies to: SESSION system handle

Set this attribute to "NEW OBJECTS" to activate this feature; and to the empty string ("") or the Unknown value (?) to deactivate this feature.