Operating Condition
Syntax: SET RULES ON/OFF
Default: ON
SET RULES determines whether R:BASE checks data against all existing rules during data entry and modification when you use the EDIT, EDIT USING, ENTER, INSERT, LOAD, or UPDATE commands, or the import/export utility.
Set RULES off to direct R:BASE to ignore all rules when rules are not defined for a table, you are archiving data, or you are transferring data into another database. This speeds up processing because R:BASE normally checks the SYS_RULES table even if no rules are defined for a table. R:BASE does, however, check each entry against the data type of the column regardless of the RULES setting. If the database is protected by a database owner's user identifier, R:BASE does not accept the SET RULES command until you enter the owner's user identifier.
