SQL/MX 3.1 Installation and Management Guide (H06.23+, J06.12+)

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3.1 Installation and Management
Guide
Glossary Index Examples Figures Tables
Legal Notices
What’s New in This Manual xv
Manual Information
xv
New and Changed Information
xv
About This Manual xvii
Audience xvii
Organization xvii
Related Documentation xviii
Notation Conventions xx
HP Encourages Your Comments xxiii
1. Introduction to SQL/MX Database Management
SQL/MX Database Features 1-2
Distributed Databases 1-2
Database Protection and Recovery 1-2
Data Integrity 1-4
Multiple Character Sets 1-5
Database Security
1-5
Parallel Processing 1-5
High Availability
1-6
Naming Database Objects
1-6
ANSI Logical Names
1-6
Guardian Physical Names 1-7
DEFINE Names
1-7
Object Namespaces
1-8
Using ANSI Names for SQL/MP Objects 1-8
SQL/MX Metadata 1-8
SQL/MX Database Object Types
1-10
The SQL/MX Environment
1-11
OSS Environment 1-12
Privileges Required to Execute SQL/MX Utilities 1-12