MX Release 3.1 (H06.23+, J06.12+)

About this document

This guide describes how to install and use the HP NonStop SQL/MX Remote Conversational

Interface (RMXCI), installed on a client workstation, to manage SQL/MX 3.x database on a NonStop

platform. RMXCI enables you to perform daily administrative tasks by running SQL statements

interactively or from script files. In this release, RMXCI is supported on Linux platform.

Intended audience

This guide is intended for users, administrators and support personnel who are maintaining and

monitoring a NonStop SQL/MX 3.x database.

Document organization

Introduces the RMXCI product and describes its capabilities.Chapter 1: Introduction to RMXCI

Describes how to install the RMXCI product on the client workstation.Chapter 2: Installing RMXCI

Describes how to launch, log in to, and exit the RMXCI session on a client

workstation.

Chapter 3: Launching RMXCI

Describes how to run commands interactively from RMXCI.Chapter 4: Interactively running

commands in RMXCI

Describes how to run script files from RMXCI.Chapter 5: Running scripts in

RMXCI

Describes how to run Perl or Python scripts from RMXCI.Chapter 6: Running RMXCI from

Perl or Python

Provides syntax, considerations and examples for RMXCI commands.Appendix A: RMXCI commands

Lists the SQL statements supported by RMXCI.Appendix B: Supported SQL

statements

Lists the error messages returned by RMXCI.Appendix C: Error messages

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Notation conventions

General syntax notation

This list summarizes the notation conventions for syntax presentation in this manual.

UPPERCASE LETTERS

Uppercase letters indicate keywords and reserved words. Type these items exactly as shown.

Items not enclosed in brackets are required. For example:

SELECT

Italic Letters

Italic letters, regardless of font, indicate variable items that you supply. Items not enclosed in

brackets are required. For example:

file-name