Template:Exodus console first steps

Try the following commands.

Command	Comment
EDITING AND COMPILING
edic hello	edic=edit+compile+catalog. Creates a skeleton hello.cpp file using nano editor. edic will only compile on exit if saved, so make some change before you exit.
hello	Run it
compile hello	compile without editing
edic testsort	Browse a sample exodus program showing all fundamental database operations including dictionaries and list.
compile testsort	compile the preinstalled test program
testsort	Run it to generate some data and inspect the output
DATABASE OPERATIONS
listfiles	quick tool avoiding need to use any database client
list myclients	text output - no page/column headers just yet sorry
list myclients (H)	html output (port of a fully blown LIST replacement in heavy production use since 2000)
list dict_myclients	NB the underscore after "dict" is *required*. "dict(SPACE)myclients" wont work
list dict_voc	if you understand this then you understand your pick
edir myclients SB001	you can edit data or dictionaries directly. edir="edit record"
delete myclients SB001	useful command line tool
createfile tempfile	ditto
deletefile tempfile	ditto
createindex myclients CLIENT_TYPE	speeds up select commands on the indexed fields in the traditional way
deleteindex myclients CLIENT_TYPE	filenames are case insensitive, keys and fieldnames are CASE SENSITIVE

If you get the following error then you have not completed the installation of the Exodus plugin for Postgres.

PGRES_FATAL_ERROR: ERROR: function exodus_extract_text(bytea, integer, integer, integer) does not exist