CREATE GATEWAY

Purpose

Create a gateway file

Syntax

CREATE GATEWAY <.gtw filename> | (<expC>)

See Also

GATEWAY(), LOGIN, LOGOUT, MODIFY GATEWAY, SET GATEWAY

Description

The CREATE GATEWAY command is used to create a gateway file to an external SQL database table. See Supported Data Sources for the SQL Databases that can be accessed on each individual platform.

The CREATE GATEWAY worksurface provides a full screen facility for gateway creation in Recital Terminal Developer. The <.gtw filename> can be substituted with any character expression, enclosed in round brackets, that returns a valid filename. If no file extension is specified, then .gtw is used. The following elements can be defined for the gateway:

Server Element	Description
Name	The remote server name, e.g. Oracle
Network Node Name	The node name or IP address of the server
Protocol Type	The connection protocol, DECNET or TCP/IP
Login Username	The login for the server
Login Password	The login password for the server
Database Name	The full name (including path if applicable) of the database
Table Name	The table name from the database
Table Primary Key	The primary index key for the table
Table Restriction	An optional SQL SELECT...WHERE clause

The Local Client area of the form is no longer used.

Example

create gateway employees

Products

Recital Terminal Developer