Product specifications

Table 5-5: Function input parameters
The mode in which the client application accesses
Connection Server:
• local: Connection Server is running on the
local machine.
• corba: Connection Server is running on a
CORBA server.
• http: Connection Server is running on a
HTTP server.
• java: Connection Server uses a Java data
access driver on the local machine.
Connection Server access mode (-m)
The database middleware for the connection to
check, as returned by the find function.
network layer (-c)
The database type, as returned by the find
function.
database client (-d)
A valid user name for the database.
user name (-u)
The password for the user name.
password (-p)
The server on which the database is running.
data source (-s)
The database server.
database (-t)
For CORBA mode, the computer hosting Connec-
tion Server.
host name (-r)
For CORBA mode, the process number of the
Connection Server to ping through.
PID (-i)
Example: Pinging an Oracle database
The following command checks access for:
• Connection Server access mode: local, that is, the database runs on the local machine.
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Creating a connection