Neoview Command Interface (NCI) Guide (R2.3)

Table of Contents
About This Document.......................................................................................................15
Intended Audience................................................................................................................................15
New and Changed Information in This Edition...................................................................................15
Document Organization.......................................................................................................................16
Notation Conventions...........................................................................................................................16
General Syntax Notation.................................................................................................................16
Related Documentation........................................................................................................................18
Neoview Customer Library.............................................................................................................18
Publishing History................................................................................................................................19
HP Encourages Your Comments..........................................................................................................19
1 Introduction to NCI......................................................................................................21
2 Installing NCI................................................................................................................23
Preinstallation Procedures....................................................................................................................23
Installing and Verifying the Java Runtime Environment (JRE)......................................................23
Installing and Verifying the Neoview JDBC Type 4 Driver............................................................26
Installing Perl or Python..................................................................................................................27
Installation Procedures.........................................................................................................................27
Downloading the Installer...............................................................................................................27
Verifying the Version of the Installer File........................................................................................28
Running the Installer.......................................................................................................................29
Postinstallation Procedures...................................................................................................................41
Verifying the Installed Software Files..............................................................................................41
Verifying the Installed Version of NCI............................................................................................41
Setting the Look and Feel of NCI....................................................................................................42
Testing the Launch of NCI...............................................................................................................47
3 Launching NCI.............................................................................................................49
Launching NCI on Windows................................................................................................................49
Creating a Shortcut to hpnci.cmd....................................................................................................49
Launching NCI on Linux or UNIX.......................................................................................................52
Setting the PATH of hpnci.sh...........................................................................................................52
Presetting the Optional Launch Parameters....................................................................................53
Logging In to the Database Platform....................................................................................................53
Default Login...................................................................................................................................53
Login Parameters.............................................................................................................................56
Using Optional Launch Parameters................................................................................................56
Exiting NCI...........................................................................................................................................60
4 Running Commands Interactively in the NCI............................................................61
Neoview Command Interface...............................................................................................................61
Product Banner................................................................................................................................61
Interface Prompts............................................................................................................................61
Breaking the Command Line...........................................................................................................61
Case Sensitivity................................................................................................................................62
Using NCI Interface Commands..........................................................................................................62
Showing the Session Attributes.......................................................................................................62
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