SQL Operations Guide

ctsqlimp Usage

ctsqlimp is used as follows (after creating the database file):

ctsqlimp.exe <filename> [options]

Valid [options] values:

• <filename> - data file name/path (relative paths to FairCom DB directory)
• -h - display usage help
• -d database - database name (default: ctreeSQL)
• -s server - FairCom DB SQL Server name (default: FAIRCOMS)
• -u userid - userid for logging into FairCom DB SQL
• -a password - user password for authorization
• -n symbolic - set SQL table name to symbolic
• -o userid - set owner of table to userid
• -i - non-interactive mode: ignore errors and continue
• -r - remove table from dictionaries (file is not deleted)
• -k - skip fields that don't comply with conventional identifiers rules
• -c - allow table names not complying with conventional identifiers rules
• -x - skip indexes
• -p - promote unsigned integer to greater signed type
• -P - promote unsigned types to greater signed type and set check for fitting value
• -t - do not promote unsigned types to greater signed type
• -m idxname - set index idxname as primary key
• -z - allow indexes with missing string terminator in key segments
• -l <size> - specify LONGVAR* field size threshold
• -g - ignore existing index name in IFIL resource
• -b - grant public access permissions to linked table
• -B - grant read-only permissions on the table to the public

  Note: If both -B and -b are specified, the read-only setting takes precedence. Notice that the owner of the table and the DBA have all the permissions.
  This introduces a change in behavior for existing applications because this switch is now-case sensitive.

• -j - non-interactive relink of existing table
• -w script - write CREATE statements into script file script instead of importing the table
• -e xmlfile - get DODA definitions from external XML file xmlfile
• -f s(f) | z(f) | sz(f) - force string padding to (s)paces (z)eroes or (sz)spaces zero terminated. (f)orce presence of field delimiter
• -l <size> - specify LONGVAR* field size threshold
• -q prefix - prefix SQL table name with prefix (when the -q option is combined with the symbolic table name option, -n, the prefix is prepended to the symbolic name instead to the table name)
• -y - keep existing permissions and synonym
• --rowid_fld fldname - expose the ROWID value as field with name (table must have $ROWID$ field)
• --rowid_idx idxname - expose index on the ROWID value with name (--rowid_fld option must be specified)
• --tls - use a TLS connection with no certificate check (mutually exclusive with --tls_cert)
• --tls_cert <cert> - use a TLS connection with certificate 'cert' (mutually exclusive with --tls)
• --ignore_index_case - ignore case in segment modes when linking the index (this may cause incorrect query result)

Note: The parameters are case-sensitive. By default they are lowercase unless otherwise stated.

Example

To make existing c-tree files mydata.dat (containing proper IFIL and DODA resources) and mydata.idx accessible via FairCom DB SQL, follow these steps:

1. Create a database named ctreeSQL.
2. Copy your ISAM custmast.dat and custmast.idx files into the ctreeSQL.dbs subdirectory of the server's working directory.
3. Ensure FairCom DB SQL is running, as ctsqlimp is a client application.
4. Run the ctsqlimp utility found in the /tools/cmdline/admin/client/ directory of your FairCom DB installation:

   ctsqlimp custmast.dat -u ADMIN -a ADMIN -s FAIRCOMS

5. Run the Interactive SQL, isql, utility and issue the command:

   SELECT * FROM custmast;