Eloquence B.07.00 Release Notes

Eloquence B.07.00 Release Notes

Eloquence B.07.00 - Database

DBUTIL Interactive Usage

If dbutil is started without specifying a script file it starts in interactive mode. This document explains the most important dialogs and functions. For additional help, please use the dbutil on-line help (press F1) or refer to the dbutil scripting documentation.

Login Dialog
Main menu
User Maintenance
Database Security
TurboIMAGE properties
Select Database
Save session to file

Note: The hardcopies for this document were created using dbutil with jdlg (a recent version 1.2.0.x is required). dbutil has an unsupported -D "display_address" command line option which allows to specify a dialog server address. Please note that using dbutil with jdlg is not supported. It has received only limited testing and the on-line help is not yet available.

Login Dialog

When starting dbutil in interactive mode, the login dialog comes up first.

The login dialog is used to specify the database server along with database login and password.

"Database Server" specifies the database server and port number. The default is the local system.
"User" specifies the login on the database server
"Password" specifies the password for the login.

If the EQ_DBSERVER, EQ_DBUSER and EQ_DBPASSWORD environment variables are set, the values are filled in as a preset.

The following functions are available:

[Help] involkes the on-line help. The F1 function key can be used as an alternative.
[Log] opens a log window which may provide additional information on recent operation. This window is automatically displayed in case of a failure. The F4 function key can be used as an alternative.
[Accept] accepts the dialog input. The F7 function key can be used as an alternative.
[Exit] ends the dbutil utility. The F8 function key can be used as an alternative.

Main Menu

After sucessfull login, the main menu becomes visible which allows to select the following functional groups.

User maintenance: This may be used to add, delete and maintain database logins
Database security: This may be used to maintain database access restrictions
TurboIMAGE properties and database properties: This may be used to maintain the default configuration with the Eloquence TurboIMAGE compatibility. The TurboIMAGE properties dialog is specific to the Eloquence TurboIMAGE compatibility, the database properties is a more general funtion to maintain database properties.
Select database: This allows to select the current database on the server
Save session to file: This function records any changes during the interactive use of dbutil to a file

To select a function, please move the cursor to a choice and press return.

User Maintenance

The user maintenance function allows to select an existing user login or add a new user login on the database server.

The list includes all users maintained by the database server, ordered by user id. If an entry is made in the "Filter" field, only user login which share a common prefix are be displayed. If the "By Name" choice is selected, the list is ordered by user login.

The following columns are displayed

UID - displays the user id
User - displays the user login name
PW - displays an asterisk if a password is defined.
Prop - displays the properties granted to the user:
- C - The user is allowed to connect to the database server
- D - The user has administrative privileges
- U - The user is allowed to change user privileges

The following functions are available:

[Create] is used to add a new user. The F5 function key can be used as an alternative.
[Close] is used to return to the main menu. It is displayed if there are no uncommitted changes. The F8 function key can be used as an alternative.
[Accept] is used to commit any changes. It is displayed when changes have not been committed to the database. The F7 function key can be used as an alternative.
[Cancel] is used to discard any uncommited changes. It is displayed when changes have not been committed to the database. A warning dialog is displayed for confirmation. The F8 function key can be used as an alternative.

All changes are maintained in a transaction and comitted atomically.

This dialog allows to add or modify a user login on the database server. If the "Change password" choice is selected, the password is updated. The "Privileges" choices may be used to enable or disable the corresponding user privileges. Please note that changes to the dba and public login are restricted.

The following functions are available:

[Delete] is used to delete the displayed user. The F6 function key can be used as an alternative.

Database Security

The Database Security menu proides the following functions:

Manage Database Groups: This may be used to add, delete and maintain database security groups
Manage Group Menbers: This may be used to add or remove users from database security groups
Manage Group Privileges: This may be used to maintain the access privileges granted by a database security group.
Manage Dataset Access Privileges: This may be used to maintain the access privileges granted by a database security group. This is related to the previous function but starts by choosing the dataset.

The following functions are available:

[Accept] is used to commit any changes. It is displayed when changes have not been committed to the database. The F7 function key can be used as an alternative.
[Cancel] is used to discard any uncommited changes. A warning dialog will be displayed. The F8 function key can be used as an alternative.
[Close] is used to return to the main menu if there are no uncommitted changes. The F8 function key can be used as an alternative.

All changes are maintained in a transaction and comitted atomically.

Manage Database Groups

The group maintenance function allows to select an existing database security group or add a new group to the database.

The list includes all groups for the selected database, ordered by group id. If an entry is made in the "Filter" field, only group names which share a common prefix are be displayed. If the "By Name" choice is selected, the list is ordered by group name.

The following columns are displayed

GID - displays the group id
Group - displays the group name
Prop - displays the properties enabled for the group:
- D - The group grants has administrative privileges for the database
- U - The group members are allowed to change privileges for the database

The following functions are available:

[Create] is used to add a new group. The F5 function key can be used as an alternative.
[Close] is used to return to the previous menu. The F8 function key can be used as an alternative.

This dialog allows to add or modify a database security group. The "Privileges" choices may be used to enable or disable the corresponding group privileges. Please note that changes to the dba and public groups are restricted.

The following functions are available:

[Delete] is used to delete the displayed group. The F6 function key can be used as an alternative.

Manage Group Menbers

This dialog is used to maintain group membership for the selected security group.

The list includes all user login names maintained by the database server. The first column indicates if a user login is a member of the current group. The choice can be toggled by selecting the user login.

Manage Group Privileges

This function allows to define the group specific privileges to a dataset. After selecting the group the datasets of the current database are displayed along with an indicator if any access privileges is granted to this dataset for the current group.

The setting can be changed by selecting the dataset.

Manage Dataset Access Privileges

This function allows to define the group specific privileges to a dataset. After selecting the dataset the groups are displayed along with an indicator if any access privileges are granted to this group. This function is related to the previous function but starts by choosing the dataset.

The setting can be changed by selecting the group.

Manage Dataset Access

This dialog is used to define the access privileges to a dataset for a database security group. It is used by both the Manage Group Privileges and the Manage Dataset Access Privileges functions.

The following dataset privileges are available:

Read - Grants READ access for the data set
Read/Write - Grants READ/WRITE access for data set
Erase - Grants ERASE for the data set (dberase)

TurboIMAGE properties

This dialog may be used to define the default configuration for used with the Eloquence TurboIMAGE compatibility extension for the current database.

The options are explained in detail in the dbutil script document.

The Database Properties dialog allows a more general management of database properties. As of B.07.00 database properties are only used internally besides TurboIMAGE compatibility defaults.

Select Database

This dialog is used to select a database. It is automatically opened the first time a database specific function is used. It may opened from the main menu to change the current database.

The list includes all databases managed by the database server, ordered by name. If an entry is made in the "Filter" field, only databases which share a common prefix are be displayed. If the "By ID" choice is selected, the internal database id is displayed along with the database name and the list is ordered by database id.

Save session to file

This dialog allows to save any changes during the interactive use of dbutil to a file which could be used as a dbutil script. This file covers all activity during interactive usage, including cancelled and subsequent actions.