What are the steps to create a remote DB?

[Charles Yeomans]

On Mar 23, 2006, at 12:31 PM, Kevin Windham wrote:

> I am trying to use V4RB to create a remote DB on the server. I think I 
> am missing a critical step.
>
> Here is my code.
>
>   dim DB as VDatabase
>   dim file as FolderItem
>
>   DB = new VDatabase("server","sa","sa")
>   file = GetFolderItem("bizDB")
>
>   try
>     DB.Create(file, EVDbMode.kDsc_Dat_Blb_Ind, 32 *1024)
>   catch Verr as VException
>     MsgBox Str(Verr.ErrorNumber) + ": " + Verr.Message
>   end try
>
> This simply causes my app to quit with no error. If I run in the 
> debugger, my app crashes. In the docs it mentions that the folderItem 
> should be the name of a registered database, but looking at the 
> registerDatabase method, it seems to suggest this is for pre-existing 
> DBs.
>
> I tried the same code except using DB.open and I got an exception 
> stating that I have an invalid database name, so I think I am 
> connecting to the server fine.
>
> What am I missing?

Instead of "server", you need to pass the address of the server -- 
"localhost", an IP address, or a FQDN like "server.foo.com".

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Charles Yeomans