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Internationalization Guide


Starting Database Servers

You can start a database server in two ways:

When a Progress client invokes PROSERVE, PROSERVE starts a database server on behalf of the client. For a 4GL client, PROSERVE starts a 4GL database server. For an SQL-92 client, PROSERVE starts an SQL-92 database server.

If a client invokes PROSERVE with startup parameters, such as -cpinternal, -cpstream, and -cpcoll, PROSERVE passes these values to the 4GL or SQL-92 database server. The 4GL database server uses these values. The SQL-92 database server, however, ignores some of these values. Specifically, the SQL-92 database server ignores values for -cpinternal and -cpcoll passed from PROSERVE, using instead the internal code page and collation table of the database. However, the SQL-92 database server does use the values for -cpstream and for the other code-page-related startup parameters (other than -cpinternal and -cpcoll) passed from PROSERVE.

When you start a database server using Progress Explorer, you can specify a code page and a collation by using the Explorer’s administrative features.

Table 7–1 lists localizable startup parameters and settings related to SQL-92 and 4GL database servers.

Table 7–1: Localizable Startup Parameters and Settings 

Command Line Startup Parameters
Command Line Startup Parameter Defaults
Progress Explorer
Settings
Progress Explorer
Setting Defaults
-cpinternal
ISO8859-1
Code Page (internal)
ISO8859-1
-cpstream
IBM850
Not Applicable
IBM850
-cplog
IBM850
Log Character Set
ISO8859-1
-cpcase
BASIC
Case Table
BASIC
-cpcoll
BASIC
Collation Table
BASIC
-convmap
DLC/convmap.cp
ConversionMap
DLC/convmap.cp

Progress Explorer also lets you set the log file’s font. This allows you to choose a font that displays international characters correctly. To set the log file’s font, follow these steps:

  1. From Progress Explorer, view a log file.
  2. From the Action menu or popup, select “Font...”. Alternatively, on the toolbar, click on the Font icon.
  3. The standard Windows font selection dialog box appears.

  4. In the Font Selection dialog box, choose a font, then click OK.
  5. Progress Explorer displays the log file using the font you selected.


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