If entries for your back-end DBMS do not exist in PBODB120.INI, use the following procedure to create the required sections and add the appropriate functions.
Before you start
For more about the settings to supply for
your back-end DBMS in PBODB120.INI, read the
comments at the end of the file.
To add functions to a new section in PBODB120.INI:
Open PBODB120.INI in one of the following ways:
Use the File Editor in PowerBuilder. (For instructions, see the Users Guide.)
Use any text editor outside PowerBuilder.
Edit the DBMS Driver/DBMS Settings section of the PBODB120 initialization file to add an entry for your back-end DBMS.
Finding the name
The name required to identify the entry for your back-end
DBMS in the DBMS Driver/DBMS Settings section is in PBODB120.INI.
Make sure that you:
Follow the instructions in the comments at the end of PBODB120.INI.
Use the same syntax as existing entries in the DBMS Driver/DBMS Settings section of PBODB120.INI.
Include a section name for PBFunctions.
For example, here is the relevant portion of an entry for a DB2/2 database:
;***********************************************
;DBMS Driver/DBMS Settings
;***********************************************
[DB2/2]
...
PBFunctions='DB22_FUNCTIONS'
...
Edit the Functions section of PBODB120.INI to add an entry for your back-end DBMS.
Make sure that you:
Follow the instructions in the comments at the end of PBODB120.INI.
Use the same syntax as existing entries in the Functions section of PBODB120.INI.
Give the Functions section the name that you specified for PBFunctions in the DBMS Driver/DBMS Settings entry.
For example:
;***********************************************
;Functions
;***********************************************
[DB22_FUNCTIONS]
AggrFuncs=avg(),count(),list(),max(),min(),sum()
Functions=curdate(),curtime(),hour(), ...
Type a comma followed by the function name at the end of the appropriate function list, as follows:
Aggregate functions Add aggregate functions to the end of the AggrFuncs list.
All other functions Add all other functions to the end of the Functions list.
Case sensitivity
If the back-end DBMS you are using is case sensitive, be sure
to use the required case when you add the function name.
The following example shows (in bold) a new DB2/2 function named substr() added at the end of the Functions list:
;***********************************************
;Functions
;***********************************************
[DB22_FUNCTIONS]
AggrFuncs=avg(),count(),list(),max(),min(),sum()
Functions=curdate(),curtime(),hour(), substr()
Save your changes to PBODB120.INI.
