Create a New Database

You can create a new database in the Content component by using one of the following methods:

  • Send a DRECREATEDBASE index action to Content.

  • Add a database to the Content component configuration file.

  • Create a new database in Knowledge Discovery 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, OpenText 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 Content component is installed.
indexPort is the Content component index port (specified as IndexPort in the [Server] section of the 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 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 Content component Reference.

Add a Database to the Content component Configuration File

Use the following procedure to add a database to the Content component configuration file.

Create a New Database in Knowledge Discovery Admin

You can add a new database for the Content or Agentstore components, or Proxy, from the Databases page in the Control section of the Knowledge Discovery Admin interface.