SQL/MX 3.x Installation and Management Guide (H06.22+, J06.11+)

HP NonStop SQL/MX Installation and Management Guide—640325-001
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About This Manual
This manual describes how to install NonStop SQL/MX Release 3.0 on an HP NonStop
server and discusses other issues related to managing an SQL/MX system.
Throughout this manual, references to SQL/MX Release 2.x indicate SQL/MX Release
2.3.1, and subsequent and SQL/MX Release 3.x indicate SQL/MX Release 3.0 and
subsequent releases, until indicated in a replacement publication.
Audience
This manual is intended for database administrators and application programmers who
are using NonStop SQL/MX through MXCI—the SQL/MX conversational interface—or
as embedded SQL to access databases.
Readers of this manual should know:
•
The fundamentals of NonStop SQL/MX
•
The fundamentals of the NonStop system
•
The fundamentals of MXCI
Organization
Section 1, Introduction to
SQL/MX Database Management
Provides an introduction to managing an
SQL/MX database.
Section 2, Preparing to Install
NonStop SQL/MX
Describes preinstallation requirements.
Section 3, Installing NonStop
SQL/MX
Describes the steps for installing NonStop
SQL/MX.
Section 4, Understanding and
Planning SQL/MX Tables
Presents conceptual information about
SQL/MX tables and describes how to plan
for them.
Section 5, Planning Database
Security and Recovery
Describes security and planning.
Section 6, Reviewing and Setting
System Defaults
Describes system defaults.
Section 7, Creating an SQL/MX
Database
Describes how to create an SQL/MX
database.
Section 8, Querying SQL/MX
Metadata
Describes how to query SQL/MX
metadata.