OpenEdge Data Management: DataServer for Microsoft SQL Server

Connecting the DataServer
6–10
Table 6–1 describes the database connection parameters that you use when you connect to a
schema holder and a MS SQL Server database through the DataServer.
Table 6–1: DataServer connection parameters (1 of 2)
Parameter Status Description
Database Type MSS
(-dt MSS)
Physical Database Name
(-db)
Logical Database Name
(-ld)
Host Name
(-H)
Service Name
(-S)
User ID
(-U)
Explorer Redirection
(-Dsrv SVUB,1)
Data Service
(-DataService)
Optional Specifies that the type of the target data source is MS SQL
Server.
If not specified, the server will resolve the database type.
Required Indicates the name by which OpenEdge recognizes the MS
SQL Server database to which you want to connect. This
name must match the name that you used when you
registered the data source as a MS SQL Server database.
Optional Specifies the logical name of the MS SQL Server database.
This is the name that you use to refer to the data source in
your applications. You must use this parameter only when
the logical data source name differs from its physical name.
This name should match the logical database name that you
defined in your schema holder.
For example, your applications might refer to the MS SQL
Server demo database as mydemo. In this case, the physical
name is demo, and the logical name is mydemo.
If not specified, the logical database name is assumed to be
the same as the physical name. An error will be generated
if the physical name and logical name do not match when
this parameter is omitted.
Required for
remote
DataServer
Required for
remote
DataServer
Indicates the name of the Windows host machine in the
network.
Indicates the name of the service you are calling. If you use
NameServer with Progress Explorer, specify the service
name or port number on the host machine where the
NameServer resides. If you are using ProBroker or the
Progress Explorer without a NameServer, specify the
service name or port number on the host machine where the
broker resides.
Required Supplies the login name that the DataServer uses to log into
the MS SQL Server database.
Required for
OpenEdge
Explorer and
Progress
Explorer
connections
Required for
Progress
Explorer
connections
Redirects connection logic to the OpenEdge Explorer and
Progress Explorer instead of ProBroker. This parameter
must be set if the -DataService connection parameter is to
also be used for connectivity. For more information see the
“Starting and stopping a broker process from the
OpenEdge Explorer and Progress Explorer and connecting
a client” section on page 6–3. Also refer to the “Using MS
SQL Server and DataServer options” section on page 8–6.
Specifies the data service the NameServer uses. For more
information, see the “Starting and stopping a broker
process from the OpenEdge Explorer and Progress
Explorer and connecting a client” section on page 6–3.