Template:Exodus console first steps
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Try the following commands.
Command | Comment |
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configexodus | One time setup of default database and user in postgres (exodus and exodus) |
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. |
DATABASE OPERATIONS | |
compile testsort | compile the preinstalled test program |
testsort | Run it to generate some data and inspect the output |
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 pgexodus.dll function in postgres as described in the section on postgres above.
PGRES_FATAL_ERROR: ERROR: function exodus_extract_text(bytea, integer, integer, integer) does not exist