Configure MS SQL server for testing any chris21 modules with a sql data base.

1. Getting Started with SQL and
the ichris / Chris21BRE
Presented by Cam Gibbons

2. Getting Started with SQL and the ichris /
Chris21BRE
• What you will need
• Database creation
• Configuration
• System Verification and load / unload from database
• System Maintenance
• Documentation and resources
Introduction

3. Getting Started with SQL and the ichris /
Chris21BRE
• BRE
• SQL Server or SQL Express
• SQL Management studio
What you will need

4. Getting Started with SQL and the ichris /
Chris21BRE
• Database Naming convention for BRE database
QA naming convention: < Initials|MachineOS|MachineNo|_VersionNo_Build/JobNo> i.e.: CGLT805_814_81400
• Database Owner
Set Database Owner to be: chriscs
• Database script to configure the Database after creation
ALTER DATABASE [DATABASE NAME] COLLATE Latin1_General_BIN;
ALTER DATABASE [DATABASE NAME] SET READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT ON;
ALTER DATABASE [DATABASE NAME] SET ALLOW_SNAPSHOT_ISOLATION ON;
ALTER DATABASE [DATABASE NAME] SET MULTI_USER;
Note: Replace DATABASE NAME with the name of the database (i.e. CGLT805_814_81400)
Database creation

5. Getting Started with SQL and the ichris /
Chris21BRE
• ZDB must be included in the activation key
• BRE.ini requires the following entries to be configured
;;UPG_HDR=DAT1
UPG_HDR=SQL
CHRISDBSVR=<Add Server Name here>
CHRISDBID=<Add Database Name here>
CHRISDBUSER=.chriscs
CHRISDBPASSWORD=chris21cs
BRE set up

6. Getting Started with SQL and the ichris /
Chris21BRE
• After configuration Help about should show
configuration as:
• Next run DBF to load data to SQL
BRE set up

7. Getting Started with SQL and the ichris /
Chris21BRE
• Can verify storage location of files on FIL
• When taking a back up of data remember to backup the database, and also
the DAT directory
• When deleting a system you need to delete both the DAT and the database,
or unload the data to vision via DBF
• When upgrading a system, remember that your BRE.ini will need to be
included in the chriswork to ensure the configured settings are applied as
part of the upgrade.
• System performance under sql will be slower for processing data
BRE – Maintenance tasks

8. Getting Started with SQL and the ichris /
Chris21BRE
• Technical manual / System Error Manual
• SQL resources
• QA twiki site
Documentation and resources

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