SYSIBM.SYSDUMMY1 table

The SYSIBM.SYSDUMMY1 table contains one row. The table is used for SQL statements in which a table reference is required, but the contents of the table are not important.

Unlike the other catalog tables, which reside in Unicode table spaces, SYSIBM.SYSDUMMY1 resides in table space SYSEBCDC, which is an EBCDIC table space.

Column name Data type Description Use
IBMREQD
CHAR(1)
NOT NULL
A value of Y indicates that the row came from the basic machine-readable material (MRM) tape. For all other values, see Release dependency indicators.

The value in this field is not a reliable indicator of release dependencies.

G