Omnidex Client

Omnidex Datasource Files

Omnidex data source files are used, in conjunction with Omnidex Network Sevices, to enable client/server applications to communicate with an Omnidex environment.

An Omnidex data source file contains configuration information used by several Omnidex components, such as the PL/SQL Interface, Preconnected Processes and Mapped Memory Transport.

Creating an Omnidex Datasource file

There are two possible methods to create an Omnidex datasource file. The first is to use the Windows Client utility DSEDIT which has a graphical interface and will prompt for the information needed:

• The fully qualified path and file reference for the Omnidex Environment Catalog
• The host name or IP address of the server that is hosting the data base and Omnidex indexes.
• The port number that the Omnidex Network Services process is listening to for inbound network requests.

Because DSEDIT is used primarily to create ODBC data sources under Windows, a prompt for the type of datasource to create of System, Machine and File will be presented. A datasource of type File should be selected, which creates an editable text file containing the datasource information.

If DSEDIT is being used and the application is being run on a Unix or Linux host, then the data source file must be edited and copied to the host Unix or Linux system.

The second method is to edit the orders.dsn sample file in the /demo directory of the Omnidex installation account. The orders.dsn file can be edited with any text editor such as vi or notepad. The Environment Catalog path and file name, the host name or IP address and the port number should be modified. Save the file to whatever file name is desired, with a .dsn suffix.

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