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Command Syntax to Start Ingres Menu or Tool
You can start the Ingres Menu or a forms-based tool by entering a startup command on the operating system command line. You must specify the database in which you want to work by including its name after the command to start the Ingres Menu or the tool and before any other non‑flag parameters, as follows:
command dbname
For example, to start the Ingres Menu with access to the personnel database, enter the following command:
ingmenu personnel
Depending on the type and location of the database you want to access, you must sometimes specify the server type or location of the database in addition to its name.
The following table shows when you are required to specify the server type or location of the database:
Database Type and Location
Command Syntax
Example
Local Ingres database
command dbname
ingmenu admin
Remote Ingres database
command v_node::dbname
ingmenu ny::admin
Local non‑Ingres database
command dbname/server_type
qbf sales/db2
Remote non‑Ingres database
command v_node::dbname/server_type
qbf ohio::sales/db2
Local Ingres distributed database
command dbname/d
command dbname/star
rbf corpdata/star
Remote Ingres distributed database
command v_node::dbname/d
command v_node::dbname/star
rbf ny::corpdata/d
Access Parameters on Startup Commands
The commands used to start the Ingres Menu or a forms-based tool have the following access parameters:
command
Any command used to invoke the Ingres Menu or an Ingres tool.
v_node
Virtual node name of the remote node on which the database is located. The v_node name implies the actual network node address and the network protocol. They are identified when the node name is defined with the netu utility. Two colons (::) must follow v_node.
dbname
Name of the database containing the relevant data. It can be the name of a distributed database.
server_type
Name of the type of server being accessed at the local or remote site, (the default is Ingres, which is the server_type designated for the DBMS Server). Other server types are Star or one of the Enterprise Access products to a non‑Ingres database. For specific names, see the database documentation.
Last modified date: 04/03/2024