Caché ObjectScript Reference - InterSystems Documentation

See Also• $ZUTIL(67,5)—Return the routine name of a specified process legacy function$ZNSPACE$ZNSPACEContains the current namespace name.$ZNSPACEDescription$ZNSPACE contains the name of the current namespace. By setting $ZNSPACE, you canchange the current namespace.To obtain the current namespace name:WRITE $ZNSPACEYou can also obtain the name of the current namespace by invoking a system method, asfollows:WRITE $SYSTEM.SYS.NameSpace()Refer to the %SYSTEM.SYS section of the Caché Class Reference for further details.You can change the current namespace using a ZNSPACE command, a SET $ZNSPACEcommand, or the $ZUTIL(5) function. For UNIX and OpenVMS, the default namespace isestablished as a System Configuration option. For Windows systems, it is set using a commandlinestart-up option.You can use the SET command to change the value of $ZNSPACE. This sets the currentnamespace for the process. Specify the new namespace as a quoted string. You can specifyan explicit namespace ("namespace") or an implied namespace ("^system^dir" or"^^dir").Namespace names are case-insensitive. Caché always displays explicit namespace names inall uppercase letters, and implied namespace names in all lowercase letters.If you specify the current namespace, SET $ZNSPACE performs no operation and returnsno error. If you specify an undefined namespace, SET $ZNSPACE generates a error. You can test whether a namespace is defined by using $ZUTIL(90,10).This use of SET $ZNSPACE is identical to the ZNSPACE command.Caché ObjectScript Reference 479