PCTCreateDatabase

Description

Creates Progress database.

XML namespace

<pct:db_create />

Parameters

Attribute	Description	Default value
dbName ‡	Database name	None
destDir	Destination directory where to create the database.	Project basedir
sourceDb	Copy specified DB to target DB.	If attribute is not provided, the empty DB will be used
schemaFile	Initial dump file(s) to load into database. Separate dump filenames with commas. Files are resolved first as an absolute path, then relative to base directory. Wildcards are not expanded	None
structFile	Structure description file.	None
blockSize	Block size in kilobytes (1, 2, 4 or 8). Can't be used with sourceDb attribute	8
noInit	No initialization of database schema (procopy emptyX dbName). Can't be used with sourceDb attribute.	False
codepage	Copy empty database from a prolang subdirectory. Can't be used with sourceDb attribute.	None
wordRules	Assign a specific word rules table to a database (ie runs a proutil dbname -C word-rules XXX). This command is run before loading schema (if available).	None
multiTenant	Enable multitenancy for this database.	False
failOnError	Only during schema load.	True
collation	Load collation table (copy from $DLC/prolang or $DLC/prolang/codepage)	None
tempDir	-T parameter when loading schema	None
cpInternal	-cpinternal parameter when loading schema	None
cpStream	-cpstream parameter when loading schema	None
cpCase	-cpcase parameter when loading schema	None
cpColl	-cpcoll parameter when loading schema	None
newInstance	Appends -newInstance in the procopy command line.	False
largeFiles	Enable large files for this database.	False
relative	Appends -relative in the procopy command line.	False
auditing	Enable auditing for this database.	False
auditArea	Audit tables area name	None
auditIndexArea	Audit indexes area name	None

† Only one of those attributes is mandatory ‡ Mandatory attribute

PCTCreateDatabase inherits attributes from PCT.

Parameters as nested elements

Resource Collection

Load additional DF files after having created the database.

propath

Creates a nested propath, and adds it to the implicit propath. The propath is only used during schema update.

OracleHolder

Creates a new Oracle schema holder inside a database. If a schema holder is defined, no schema can be loaded in the main database.

MSSHolder

Creates a new SQL Server schema holder inside a database. If a schema holder is defined, no schema can be loaded in the main database.

ODBCHolder

Creates a new ODBC schema holder inside a database. If a schema holder is defined, no schema can be loaded in the main database.

Examples

<PCTCreateDatabase dbName="MyDB" dlcHome="${env.DLC}" />

Creates an empty database named MyDB in current directory. Command line used is procopy empty8 MyDB

<PCTCreateDatabase dbName="MyDB" destDir="MyDir" dlcHome="${env.DLC}" schemaFile="/home/test/MySchema.df" wordRules="1">
  <sort>
    <fileset dir="foo" includes="*.df" />
    <reverse xmlns="antlib:org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.comparators">
      <date />
    </reverse>
  </sort>
</PCTCreateDatabase >

Creates an empty database named MyDB in MyDir subdir of the current directory, then load proword.1 word break table (_proutil MyDB -C word-rules 1), and then loads schema from /home/test/MySchema.df, followed by every .df file in directory foo, sorted by descending modification date.

<echo file="test.st">
  b test.b1 f 1024
  b test.b2 v 2048
  d "Schema Area":6,64 test.d1 f 1024
  d "Schema Area":6,64 test.d2 v 2048
</echo>
<PCTCreateDatabase dbName="test" dlcHome="${env.DLC}" structFile="test.st" codepage="utf" />

Creates a database structure from test.st file (_proutil prostrct create test test.st) and then procopy $DLC/prolang/utf/empty8 test.

<PCTCreateDatabase dbName="test" dlcHome="${DLC}" sourceDb="/riverside/db/mydb" schemaFile="add.df" />

Copy /riverside/db/mydb to test.db in current directory, then load add.df in this new database