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      <h4 class="refClassification">Concatenate New DBset Members </h4>
      <p class="para_refTopic">Concatenates additional DBset members on an existing permanent DBset previously defined with an INIT statement. </p>
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         <p class="para_refCategory">EXPAND dbset-name LOGICAL=(log-namei [(max-sizei)]...) </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">dbset-name </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">The name of a DBset previously defined with an INIT statement. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">log-namei </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Specifies the logical name of a DBset member.  log-namei may also be referenced on an ASSIGN statement which refers to the physical file name of the DBset member. </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">max-sizei </p>
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                     <p class="para_td">Specifies the maximum size, in blocks, of a DBset member.  For storage units specified in words or bytes, the size must be followed by one of the unit keywords below </p>
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                                 <p class="para_td">KW </p>
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                                 <p class="para_td">Kilowords (thousand) </p>
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                                 <p class="para_td">KB </p>
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                                 <p class="para_td">Kilobytes (thousand) </p>
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                                 <p class="para_td">MW </p>
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                                 <p class="para_td">Megawords (million) </p>
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                                 <p class="para_td">MB </p>
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                                 <p class="para_td">Megabytes (million) </p>
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                                 <p class="para_td">GW </p>
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                                 <p class="para_td">Gigawords (billion) </p>
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                                 <p class="para_td">GB </p>
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                                 <p class="para_td">Gigabytes (billion) </p>
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               <p class="para_item">On all computers with dynamic file allocation, the physical filename of a DBset member may be specified on an ASSIGN statement: </p><pre class="indent">ASSIGN log-name=&rsquo;physical filename&rsquo;</pre><p class="para_item">If an ASSIGN statement is not specified for the member, then a name is automatically assigned.  The naming convention is described in <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('User/index.html?goto=User/18ref15962_2.html&vars=-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">&ldquo;Introduction to Database Concepts&rdquo; </a>in the <em>NX Nastran User&rsquo;s Guide</em>. 
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                  <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top"><pre class="indent">ASSIGN</pre></td>
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