DATA Step Functions for Metadata Security Administration

METASEC_BEGTRAN Function

Begins the TC.

rc = METASEC_BEGTRAN(uri,flags,tc);

Argument	Direction	Description
uri	in	Character variable or constant that contains the URI of the object to be manipulated by the transaction
flags	in	Not currently used; set to 0 (zero)
tc	out	Character variable that contains the handle of the new TC; must be at least $16

Value	Description
0	Successful completion
-1	Unable to connect to the metadata server
-2	Output variable for TC is too small to hold the TC handle
-3	No objects match the specified URI
-4	Numeric value (flag) exceeds the maximum usable value
-99 or less	Other error; see log or sysmsg() for information

This function calls the ISecAdmin method BeginTransactionContext(). For information about the method, see SAS Open Metadata Interface: Reference.