DBM is a class of the module sapdb.dbm. A single instance of this class corresponds to one connection to a DBM Server.
The class DBM contains the following methods:
DBM (database_server = '', database_name = '', dependent_path = '', user_info = '')
Parameter |
Description |
database_server |
Network name of the server to which you want to connect The system default is the local server. |
database_name |
Name of the database instance to which you want to connect This information is optional. |
dependent_path |
Installation path of the database software (see also: Variables) This information is optional. |
user_info |
A string with the form <user name>,<password> The specified user connects to the program DBM Server. |
If there are multiple installations of the database software on your server, you can use the database_name and dependent_path parameters to control which version of the DBM Server program is started.
Case 1 – You want to create a new database instance with the latest software installation or you want to display information about the existing database instances and software versions.
Do not specify database_name or dependent_path.
The system then starts the DBM Server of the software installation with the highest version number.
Case 2 – You want to administer a specific database instance.
Specify database_name, but not dependent_path.
The system then starts the DBM Server that matches the specified database instance.
Case 3 – You want to create a new database instance with a specific software version.
Specify dependent_path, but not database_name.
The system then starts the DBM Server of the specified software installation.
Generating a connection object session to database TST on the current server:
session = sapdb.dbm.DBM ('', 'TST', '', 'DBM,DBM')
Generating a connection object session to the server remoteserver and selecting the DBM Server from the software installation in the directory /usr/local/sdb/7500:
session = sapdb.dbm.DBM ('remoteserver', '', '/usr/local/sdb/7500')
Generating a connection object session to the DBM Server of the latest software installation on the current server:
session = sapdb.dbm.DBM ('', '')