User`s guide

80 Chapter 7: Configuration

Example: C:\Program Files\vizrt\viz content pilot 5.x\

To edit an INI file, do the following:

1. Start the Inifile Editor.

2. Select the INI file to edit, and click Open.

3. Select the Database section and enter the following parameters:

• login: database login string (

pilot

)

• pwd: database password string (

pilot

)

• utf8: Sets the VCP client encoding for all database communication. Set Y

(Yes) to use the recommended and default UTF-8 encoding, or N (No) to use

the local Oracle client’s encoding setting.

• nls_lang: define the NLS_LANG environment variable here.

• name: database name (either the TNS name or the SID).

The SID can be combined with a hostname

. This is useful

because the database host is, in most cases, not the same host as for the client

applications.

When using a

tnsnames.ora

file, use the Database TNS Alias (default: VIZRTDB).

To set the database properties for the ini file

1. Open the ContentPilot.ini file located in the Viz Content Pilot 5.x program

folder.

2. Search for and edit the Database section’s name, login and pwd properties.

• name: VIZRTDB (default)

• login: PILOT (default)

• pwd: PILOT (default)

3. Save the INI file.

Note: VIZRTDB is often used as a default TNS name alias.