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l The person or plugin performing the query must have full access to the database.
l The data is extracted at the time of the query. A new query must be performed whenever
the data needs to be updated.
l Any changes to the structure of the database may have an impact on automated data
querying tasks.
l You must have the proper ODBC driver installed to use this emulation.
Database emulation supports SQL ANSI 92 or higher, and supports the following data types:
string, integer, floating point, all date formats, and text-only MEMO. It does not support any
binary data types such as Binary Large Object (BLOB), images, sound files, and MEMO data
that includes binary data.
Database emulation requires version 2.5 or higher of Microsoft Data Access Components
(MDAC), including JET 4.0, and you can save database emulation configurations to a file.
Database emulation options
For help on setting up a database emulation see: "Choosing a database sample file" on
page70.
Note for PlanetPress Suite users: For information about setting up a database emulation in a
Design document, please see the relevant page in the PlanetPress Design User Guide.
Line printer emulation
Line printer emulation tells the process to treat the input data as data destined for a line printer.
In this emulation, a form feed signals the end of a data page. If no form feed occurs in the data
stream, the emulation adds lines to the data page buffer until the buffer is full.
Line printer emulation offers the best overall performance of all the emulations.
Note
Line printer emulation is only used when merging line printer data with a PlanetPress
Design document.
When choosing a line printer sample data file to be merged with a Connect template,
select Text emulation (see "Text-based emulation" on the facing page).
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