NCLHELP.HLB  —  Directory Module, DSA  Characteristics  Prohibit Chaining
 The Prohibit Chaining attribute specifies whether the DSA is
 allowed to communicate with other DSAs when attempting to satisfy
 user requests. Communication between DSAs is called chaining.

 The DSA must be in state OFF when you set this attribute.

 Syntax:
 	SET DSA PROHIBIT CHAINING <TRUE/FALSE>

 To prohibit chaining, specify the value TRUE; otherwise the
 value specified by the user or the user application is used. For
 example,  a user of the DXIM command line interface can use the
 No Chaining control.

 If a DSA is prohibited from communicating with other DSAs, then
 it provides the user or the application with a "continuation
 reference" or a "referral" instead. These identify which DSA(s)
 would have been contacted, and provide the user with the
 information they require to make the connection(s) directly if
 they want to. For ease of use, it is usually preferable not to
 prohibit chaining.

 Note that prohibiting chaining does not prevent DSAs from
 connecting to other DSAs for other reasons, such as replication.
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