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Using the MEMTYPE= Option

If you specify the INLIB= and OUTLIB= options in the PROC UPLOAD statement, you can use the MEMTYPE= option to indicate what member types to upload. You can specify the MEMTYPE= option in

• the PROC UPLOAD statement.

• the SELECT or the EXCLUDE statement in parenthesis immediately after a member name. If the type is enclosed in parenthesis, it refers only to the member name that immediately precedes the option.

• the SELECT or the EXCLUDE statement after a slash (/) at the end of the statement. When used following a slash, the MEMTYPE= option refers to all members that are named in the statement unless the same option appears in parenthesis after a name.

Valid values for the MEMTYPE= option are DATA, CATALOG (or CAT), MDDB, FDB, DMDB, VIEW, and ALL.

If you use this option in the SELECT and EXCLUDE statements, you can specify only one value. If you use this option in the PROC UPLOAD statement, you can specify a list of values enclosed in parenthesis, as shown here:

proc upload inlib=this outlib=that 
   memtype=(data catalog);

You can use the MEMTYPE= option in multiple places. When you do this, the UPLOAD procedure determines the type of each member

1. by the value of the option in parenthesis immediately following the member name, if present.

2. otherwise, by the value of the option after the slash in the SELECT or the EXCLUDE statement, if present.

3. otherwise, by the value of the option in the PROC UPLOAD statement, if present.

4. If you do not specify a member type, the UPLOAD procedure uses the default type, ALL.

See Purpose for examples that illustrate the use of the MEMTYPE= option.

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