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ASA User's Guide

Part 1 Working with Databases

Chapter 1: Running the Database Server

Starting the server

Starting the server

The general form for the server command line is as follows:

executable [ server-switches] [database-file [ database-switches ], ...]

If you supply no switches and no database file, then on Windows CE/95/98 and Windows NT operating systems a dialog box is displayed, allowing you to use a Browse button to locate your database file.

The elements of the database server command line include the following:

• Executable

  This can be either the personal server or the network server. For the file names on different operating systems, see Introduction .

  In this chapter, unless discussing network-specific options, we use the personal server in sample command lines. The network server takes a very similar set of command-line options.

• Server switches

  These options control the behavior of the database server, for all running databases.

• Database file

  You can enter zero, one, or more database file names on the command line. Each of these databases loads and remains available for applications.

  Warning!

  Caution

  The database file and the transaction log file must be located on the same physical machine as the database server. Database files and transaction log files located on a network drive can lead to poor performance and data corruption.

• Database switches

  For each database file you start, you can provide database switches that control certain aspects of its behavior.

In this section, we look at some of the more important and commonly-used options. For full reference information on each of these switches, see The database server .

In examples throughout this chapter where there are several command-line options, we show them for clarity on separate lines, as they could be written in a configuration file. If you enter them directly on a command line, you must enter them all on one line.

Case sensitivity

Command-line parameters are generally case sensitive. You should enter all parameters in lower case.