Create a New Database
You can create a new database in the IDOL Content component by using one of the following methods:
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Add a database to the IDOL Content component configuration file.
- Create a new database in IDOL Admin.
NOTE: The database name must not contain the following characters, which are syntax characters in other parameters that use database names:
- ampersand (&)
- plus sign (+)
- percent (%)
- comma (,)
In addition, Micro Focus strongly recommends that you do not use white space characters (including \t, \r, \n, and so on) in your database names.
Send a DRECREATEDBASE Index Action
To create a new database by this method, send a DRECREATEDBASE
action (case sensitive) from your Web browser:
http://ContentHost:indexPort/DRECREATEDBASE?DREDbName=databaseName
where:
ContentHost
|
is the IP address or host name of the machine on which the IDOL Content component is installed. |
indexPort
|
is the IDOL Content component index port (specified as IndexPort in the [Server] section of the IDOL Content component configuration file). |
databaseName
|
is the name of the database that you want to create. |
For example:
http://12.3.4.56:20001/DRECREATEDBASE?DREDbName=Archive
This action uses port 20001
to create a new database named Archive
on the IDOL Content component on the machine with the IP address 12.3.4.56
.
NOTE: This action does not complete if the configuration file is read-only.
For information about other available parameters, refer to the IDOL Server Reference.
Add a Database to the IDOL Content component Configuration File
Use the following procedure to add a database to the IDOL Content component configuration file.
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Open the IDOL Content component configuration file in a text editor.
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Find the
[Databases]
section. This section contains theNumDBs
setting, which indicates how many databases Content currently contains. It also contains a section for each of these databases, with settings that apply to them. The names of the individual database sections use the formatDatabaseN
, whereN
numbers the databases in consecutive order, starting from 0 (zero).For example:
[Databases] NumDBs=2 [Database0] Name=News [Database1] Name=Archive
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Increase the
NumDBs
setting by one.For example:
[Databases] NumDBs=3
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Create a section for the new database. The name of the section must use the format
DatabaseN
, whereN
numbers the databases in consecutive order, starting from 0 (zero).Use the
Name
parameter to specify a name for your new database.For example:
[Databases] NumDBs=3 [Database0] Name=News [Database1] Name=Archive [Database2] Name=myNewDatabase
- Add any other optional parameters for the database. For more information, refer to the IDOL Server Reference.
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Save and close the configuration file.
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Restart the IDOL Content component for your changes to take effect.
Create a new database in IDOL Admin
You can add a new database for the Content or Agentstore components, or IDOL Proxy, from the Databases page in the Control section of the IDOL Admin interface.
- Click + Add New Database.The Add New Database dialog box opens.
- In the Database Name box, type a name for the database.
- Select the Internal check box if you want the database to be internal, and therefore hidden.
- Select the Read Only check box if you want to prevent documents being added to the database.
- Select a priority for the index action. This determines how IDOL Server queues the action.
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Click Create.