Empress Software Database Server
Empress v8.62
January 2003

(Unix only)

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This manual discusses the Empress Database Server. It describes the philosophy, the conventions, the usage, and the administration of the Empress Database Server. It also tries to give a little insight into why software such as the Empress Database Server is necessary.


Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1: Introduction

1.1 Introduction

1.1.1 What is information processing?
1.1.2 How is information processing performed?
1.1.3 What is the Empress Database Server?

1.2 General Concepts

1.2.1 Client
1.2.2 Database Server
1.2.3 Global Data Dictionary
1.2.4 Server Configuration File
1.2.5 Data Format Code
1.2.6 Heterogeneous Database Server
1.2.7 Homogeneous Database Server

1.3 Networking
1.4 Client/Server Communication
1.5 Distributed Databases

1.5.1 Standalone
1.5.2 Client/Server
1.5.3 Multiple Servers
1.5.4 Fully Distributed

1.6 Two-Phase Commit
1.7 Empress Database Server

CHAPTER 2: Global Data Dictionary

2.1 Introduction
2.2 Set Up

2.2.1 Client/Server Configuration
2.2.2 Multi-Server Configuration
2.2.3 Fully Distributed Configuration

CHAPTER 3: Server Configuration File

3.1 Introduction
3.2 Set Up

3.2.1 Examples

3.2.1.1 Client/Server Configuration
3.2.1.2 Multi-Server Configuration
3.2.1.3 Fully Distributed Configuration

CHAPTER 4: Database Server Security

4.1 Security on the Server

CHAPTER 5: Database Server Set Up

5.1 Empress Database Server Set Up

5.1.1 Setting Up the Global Data Dictionary
5.1.2 Setting Up the Server Configuration File
5.1.3 Starting the Server

CHAPTER 6: Administration

6.1 Database Server Administration

6.1.1 Example of Database Server Status Report

CHAPTER 7: Hints and Suggestions

CHAPTER 8: Implications

CHAPTER 9: Shared Memory

9.1 Shared Memory and the Database Server

CHAPTER 10: Manual Pages