The three ODBC trading partner database tables contain information about the company, the trading partners, and the trade agreements that link trading partners to specific maps. These tables can be created during map development if an ODBC link has been established to the UNIX computer from the PC. The -st runtime switch indicates that an ODBC trading partner database is being used.
The TPKEY field in the trading partner table (TP) and
the TRADKEY field in the trade agreement table (TRADSTAT) should
be AUTOINCREMENT fields. If they are not, a provision must be made
to assign a unique numeric value to these fields every time a record
is inserted into one of these tables.
