Neoview Command Interface (NCI) Guide (R2.4)

Table of Contents
About This Document.......................................................................................................13
Intended Audience................................................................................................................................13
Document Organization.......................................................................................................................13
New and Changed Information in This Edition...................................................................................13
Notation Conventions...........................................................................................................................14
General Syntax Notation.................................................................................................................14
Related Documentation........................................................................................................................16
Neoview Customer Library.............................................................................................................16
Publishing History................................................................................................................................17
HP Encourages Your Comments..........................................................................................................18
1 Introduction to NCI......................................................................................................19
2 Installing NCI................................................................................................................21
Preinstallation Procedures....................................................................................................................21
Installing and Verifying the Java Runtime Environment (JRE)......................................................21
Installing and Verifying the Neoview JDBC Type 4 Driver............................................................24
Installing Perl or Python..................................................................................................................25
Installation Procedures.........................................................................................................................25
Downloading the Installer...............................................................................................................25
Verifying the Version of the Installer File........................................................................................26
Running the Installer.......................................................................................................................27
Postinstallation Procedures...................................................................................................................39
Verifying the Installed Software Files..............................................................................................39
Verifying Code-Signed Files............................................................................................................40
Verifying the Installed Version of NCI............................................................................................40
Setting the Look and Feel of NCI....................................................................................................41
Testing the Launch of NCI...............................................................................................................46
3 Launching NCI.............................................................................................................47
Launching NCI on Windows................................................................................................................47
Creating a Shortcut to hpnci.cmd....................................................................................................47
Launching NCI on Linux or UNIX.......................................................................................................50
Setting the PATH of hpnci.sh...........................................................................................................50
Presetting the Optional Launch Parameters....................................................................................51
Logging In to the Database Platform....................................................................................................51
Default Login...................................................................................................................................51
Login Parameters.............................................................................................................................54
Using Optional Launch Parameters................................................................................................54
Exiting NCI...........................................................................................................................................58
4 Running Commands Interactively in the NCI............................................................59
Neoview Command Interface...............................................................................................................59
Product Banner................................................................................................................................59
Interface Prompts............................................................................................................................59
Breaking the Command Line...........................................................................................................59
Case Sensitivity................................................................................................................................60
Using NCI Interface Commands..........................................................................................................60
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