OpenEdge Data Management: DataServer for Microsoft SQL Server

Creating a schema holder
4. Start the DataServer as described in either the “Starting a local DataServer” section on
page 6–2 or the “Starting a remote DataServer” section on page 6–3.
5. Open the Data Administration or the character Data Dictionary.
Creating a new empty OpenEdge database
The DataServer uses the empty OpenEdge database as a holder for the schema for your MS SQL
Server database. The simplest way to create an empty OpenEdge database is to do it from the
Data Administration, as described in this section. For information on other ways to create an
empty OpenEdge database, see OpenEdge Data Management: Database Administration.
If you create a new OpenEdge application to be Unicode-enabled, ensure that you create the
database from a Unicode source. A copy of the empty OpenEdge UTF-8 database can be
obtained from $DLC/prolang/utf/empty. If you choose UTF-8 as your schema image code
page, your schema holder’s code page must also be UTF-8. If you create a new OpenEdge
application to be Unicode-enabled, ensure that you create the database from a Unicode source.
A copy of the empty OpenEdge UTF-8 database can be obtained from
$DLC/prolang/utf/empty. If you choose UTF-8 as your schema image code page, your schema
holder’s code page must also be UTF-8.
To create and connect an empty OpenEdge database from the OpenEdge Data
Administration tool:
1. Start the Data Administration.
2. Select the Database→ Create option. The Create Database dialog box appears:
3. Type the schema-holder name (for example, mssholder) in the New Physical Database
Name field.
4. Select the An EMPTY Database option.
5. Choose OK. The following dialog box appears. By default, the name of the newly created
data source appears in the Physical Name field, as shown:
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