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There are two methods to create Omnidex Environments. They can be created interactively using the Omnidex Administrator, or they can be created using SQL statements such as CREATE ENVIRONMENT, CREATE DATABASE, CREATE TABLE and CREATE INDEX.

Once created, a simple Omnidex Environment File will look like this:

create environment    
 in                   "simple.xml"
 with                 delete;


create database       "SIMPLE"
 type                 FLATFILE
 index_directory      "idx"
 in                   "simple.xml";

create table          "HOUSEHOLDS"
 physical             "dat\households.dat"
 (
  "HOUSEHOLD"         CHARACTER(12),               
  "ADDRESS"           CHARACTER(50),               
  "CITY"              CHARACTER(28),               
  "STATE"             CHARACTER(2),                
  "ZIP"               CHARACTER(5),                
  "COUNTRY"           CHARACTER(2),                
  constraint HSHD_HOUSEHOLD_PK primary ("HOUSEHOLD")
 )
 in                   "simple.xml";


create table          "INDIVIDUALS"
 physical             "dat\individuals.dat"
 (
  "INDIVIDUAL"        CHARACTER(12),               
  "HOUSEHOLD"         CHARACTER(12),               
  "NAME"              CHARACTER(50),                
  "GENDER"            CHARACTER(1),                    
  "BIRTHDATE"         ANSI DATE,                
  "PHONE"             CHARACTER(14),               
  "EMAIL"             CHARACTER(60),                  
  constraint IND_INDIVIDUAL_PK primary ("INDIVIDUAL"),
  constraint IND_HOUSEHOLD_FK foreign ("HOUSEHOLD") references "HOUSEHOLDS"
 )
 in                   "simple.xml";

The easiest way to add Omnidex Indexing is to add indexing information beside each column. This will not work in all situations, such as when multi-column indexes are being created. However, the example below shows the basic addition of Omnidex indexing to the same database.

create environment    
 in                   "simple.xml"
 with                 delete;


create database       "SIMPLE"
  type                FLATFILE
  index_directory     "idx"
 in                   "simple.xml";


create table          "HOUSEHOLDS"
 physical             "dat\households.dat"
 (
  "HOUSEHOLD"         CHARACTER(12)     omnidex,
  "ADDRESS"           CHARACTER(50)     quicktext,
  "CITY"              CHARACTER(28)     quicktext,
  "STATE"             CHARACTER(2)      omnidex,
  "ZIP"               CHARACTER(5)      omnidex,
  "COUNTRY"           CHARACTER(2)      omnidex,
  constraint HOUSEHOLDS_HOUSEHOLD_PK primary ("HOUSEHOLD")
 )
 in                   "simple.xml";


create table          "INDIVIDUALS"
 physical             "dat\individuals.dat"
 (
  "INDIVIDUAL"        CHARACTER(12)     omnidex,
  "HOUSEHOLD"         CHARACTER(12)     omnidex,
  "NAME"              CHARACTER(50)     quicktext,
  "GENDER"            CHARACTER(1)      omnidex bitmap,
  "BIRTHDATE"         ANSI DATE         omnidex,
  "PHONE"             CHARACTER(14)     omnidex,
  "EMAIL"             CHARACTER(60)     quicktext,
  constraint INDIVIDUALS_INDIVIDUAL_PK primary ("INDIVIDUAL"),
  constraint INDIVIDUALS_HOUSEHOLD_FK foreign ("HOUSEHOLD") references "HOUSEHOLDS"
 )
 in                   "simple.xml";

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