Neoview Command Interface (NCI) Guide (R2.5)

About This Document
This guide describes how to use the Neoview Command Interface (NCI) on a client workstation
to manage a database on a Neoview data warehousing platform. NCI enables you to perform
daily administrative tasks by running SQL statements or other commands interactively or from
script files.
Intended Audience
This guide is intended for database administrators and support personnel who are maintaining
and monitoring a Neoview database.
Document Organization
Introduces NCI and describes its capabilities.Chapter 1: Introduction to NCI
Describes how to configure NCI on the client workstation.Chapter 2: Installing and
Configuring NCI
Describes how to launch, log in to, and exit NCI on a client workstation.Chapter 3: Launching NCI
Describes how to run commands interactively in NCI.Chapter 4: Running Commands
Interactively in NCI
Describes how to run script files in NCI.Chapter 5: Running Scripts in NCI
Describes how to run NCI from Perl or Python.Chapter 6: Running NCI From Perl
or Python
Provides syntax, considerations, and examples for NCI commands.Appendix A: NCI Commands
Provides syntax, considerations, and examples for connectivity service commands.Appendix B: Connectivity Service
Commands
Provides syntax, considerations, and examples for connectivity commands.Appendix C: Connectivity
Commands
New and Changed Information in This Edition
New or Changed InformationChapter or Appendix
In text and examples, changed Release 2.4 references to Release 2.5, as needed.
Updated version procedure information for NCI and the JDBC Type 4 driver,
as needed.
All
Updated “Related Documentation” (page 20).About This Document
The installation instructions for NCI now reside in the README for the HP
Neoview Command Interface (NCI).
Chapter 2: Installing and
Configuring NCI
While logging in to the Neoview platform, you can specify two passwords—one
for the user name and the other for the Neoview role—and the Neoview role for
the NCI session. See “Logging In to the Database Platform” (page 35).
Chapter 3: Launching NCI
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