The database server
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Both personal and network database servers are supplied for each supported
operating system, with the following exceptions:
♦
Novell NetWare Only the network server is supplied.
♦
Windows CE Only the network server is supplied. The support for
TCP/IP in the network server enables you to carry out tasks from your
desktop machine, including database management with Sybase Central.
In NetWare, the database file and the transaction log file must be on a
NetWare volume, and the paths must be fully specified. NetWare allows you
to have volumes that span two or more hard disks.
Adaptive Server Anywhere uses the Direct File System to maintain database
files. The Direct File System is built into NetWare 4.0 and 4.1, but not in
NetWare 3.12. Novell has provided a loadable module that contains the
DIRECTFS functions for version 3.12.
directfs.nlm
comes with Adaptive
Server Anywhere, and is installed during the installation if it is not found on
your NetWare server. The DIRECTFS module is automatically loaded if
necessary when you load
dbsrv7
.
Novell has also provided an updated
clib.nlm
for NetWare 3.11. This update
contains bug fixes that are necessary for Adaptive Server Anywhere to work
properly. It is installed during the installation of Adaptive Server Anywhere
if it is not already on your NetWare server.
Database file The database-file specifies the database filename. If
database-file is specified without a file extension, Adaptive Server
Anywhere looks first for database-file with extension
.wrt
(a write file)
followed by database-file with extension
.db
.
If you use a relative path, it is read relative to the current working directory.
You can supply a full path. Also, you can supply a path that conforms to the
Universal Naming Convention (UNC) format:
\\server\volume\path\file.ext
In addition, users of Novell NetWare version 4 and later can use NetWare
Directory Services (NDS) volumes, which have the following format:
\\treename\volume.org_unit.org\path\file.ext
where volume.org_unit.org is the name of an NDS volume object.
Caution
The database file must be on the same machine as the database server.
Managing a database file that is located on a network drive can lead to
file corruption.
Platform availability
NetWare notes
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