U2-SET

Defines the connection details when creating a new U2-VIEW / U2-RBASIC file.

Syntax

U2-SET system, {port}, {default account}, user, password

Syntax Elements

system The name of the system.

port Specifying a port does not appear to work at present and should not be used. The default 31438 port will be used.

user The user-id for logging on to the database.

password The password associated with this user-id.

Example

The details entered for the U2-SET verb are stored in an environment variable as in the example below where xxx is the port number issuing the U2-SET verb. As this is an environment variable for the current process, it is not visible to other users/processes and is deleted when the session ends

 U2_SET_xxx
001 system[:port]
002 user
003 encrypted password
004 default account

Comments

The use of U2-SET without any options will prompt for each parameter.