Maxl command that differentiates ASO and BSO?

I want to differentiate between the ASO and BSO db in Essbase(9.3.1) using some MAXL command.
Do we have some MAXL command that shows the property of Databases?
I was hoping to use the command
execute aggregate selection on database ASOSamp.Sample
This command gives an error when run on a BSO.
Ex:
*[admin/localhost]execute aggregate selection on database Sample.Basic
Execution Message:
MaxL requires an aggregate storage application for this operation.*
I was wondering if Maxl generates a return code for this. If it does, how can I capture this return code?

To give a vague answer, you could run the command in your maxl script and use an iferror statement. It will not tell to the error number but that the command failed.
Edited by: [email protected] on Oct 13, 2008 1:10 PM
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