Edit Questions and Answers (EDTQST)

The Edit Questions and Answers (EDTQST) command allows authorized users to edit questions and answers for publication in a specified database. More information is available in the Basic system operations topic collection in the IBM i Information Center at http://www.ibm.com/systems/i/infocenter/.

Restrictions:

  1. This command is shipped with public *EXCLUDE authority.
  2. A user must have authority to the command and be a Q & A coordinator for any Q & A database referred to by the command.
  3. This command can only be used interactively.

Parameters

Keyword Description Choices Notes
QSTDB Q/A database Name, *SELECT Optional, Positional 1
LIB Lib containing Q/A database Name, *QSTLIB Optional, Positional 2

Q/A database (QSTDB)

Specifies the Q & A database in which to edit questions and answers.

The possible values are:

*SELECT
You are asked to specify a Q & A database. If only one Q & A database exists on the system, it is the default.
question-database
Specify the name of the Q & A database in which to edit questions and answers.

Lib containing Q/A database (LIB)

Specifies the name of the library that contains the Q & A database.

The name of the Q & A database can be qualified by one of the following library values:

*QSTLIB
The library containing the specified Q & A database is searched. If *SELECT is specified on the QSTDB parameter, any Q & A database in any library to which you are authorized can be selected.
library-name
Specify the name of the library to be searched. If *SELECT is specified on the QSTDB parameter, any Q & A database in the library to which you are authorized can be selected.

Examples

EDTQST

This command shows the Work with Candidate Questions display.

Error messages

None