Preface
Purpose
Audience
Organization
Using this manual
References to ABL compiler and run-time features
References to ABL data types
Typographical conventions
Examples of syntax descriptions
Long syntax descriptions split across lines
Complex syntax descriptions with both required and optional elements
OpenEdge messages
Obtaining more information about OpenEdge messages
Introduction
About startup commands
About startup parameters
Using parameter files
Calling parameter files
Calling a parameter file in a startup command
Calling a parameter file in a CONNECT statement
Calling multiple parameter files
Creating and editing parameter files
Parameter file format
Client Startup Commands
Client startup command syntax
Tasks you can perform with startup and shutdown commands
Client startup command descriptions
BPRO command
MBPRO command
MPRO command
PRO command
PROWIN32 command (Windows only)
Startup Parameter Usage Categories
Client Session parameters (CS)
Client performance parameters
Client product-type parameters
ABL parameters
Client internationalization parameters
Session statistics parameters
Windows session parameters
Client Connection parameters (CC)
Client database connection parameters
OpenEdge Database Server parameters (DBS)
Database server performance parameters
Database server-type parameters
Database server internationalization parameters
Database server statistics collection parameters
Database server consistency check parameters
Database server network parameters
DataServer parameters (DS)
OpenEdge SQL Broker parameters (SQL)
Startup Parameter Descriptions
Single-user Mode (-1)
AdminServer Group (-admingroup)
AdminServer Port (-adminport)
After-image File Management Archive Directory List (-aiarcdir)
After-image File Management Archive Directory Create (-aiarcdircreate)
After-image File Management Archive Interval (-aiarcinterval)
After-image Buffers (-aibufs)
After-image Stall (-aistall)
Area consistency check (-AreaCheck)
Assemblies (-assemblies)
Async Queue Size (-asyncqueuesize)
Blocks in Database Buffers (-B)
Blocks in Alternate Buffer Pool (-B2)
Batch (-b)
ADE R-code Location (-baseADE)
Base Index (-baseindex)
Registry Base Key (-basekey)
Base Table (-basetable)
Before-image Buffers (-bibufs)
Threshold Stall (-bistall)
Recovery Log Threshold (-bithold)
Private Read-only Buffers (-Bp)
Maximum Private Buffers per Connection (-Bpmax)
Bleeding Record Lock (-brl)
Browse Column Type (-browcoltype)
Number of Buffers for Temporary Tables (-Bt)
Index Cursors (-c)
Schema Cache File (-cache)
Check Double-byte Enabled (-checkdbe)
Check Width (-checkwidth)
SQL Server Java Classpath (-classpath)
Clear Log (-clearlog)
Client Logging (-clientlog)
Cluster Mode (-cluster)
Combo-box Font (-combofont)
Conversion Map (-convmap)
Communications Parameter File (-cp)
Case Table (-cpcase)
Collation Table (-cpcoll)
Internal Code Page (-cpinternal)
Log File Code Page (-cplog)
Print Code Page (-cpprint)
R-code in Code Page (-cprcodein)
R-code Out Code Page (-cprcodeout)
Stream Code Page (-cpstream)
Terminal Code Page (-cpterm)
Crash Recovery Status (-crStatus)
Crash Recovery Transaction Display (-crTXDisplay)
Cursor Size (-cs)
Connection Retry Attempts (-ct)
Compile Warning List (-cwl)
Directory Size (-D)
Date Format (-d)
DataService (-DataService)
Physical Database Name (-db)
Database consistency check (-DbCheck)
Debugger (-debug)
Debug Alert (-debugalert)
Enable Attachable Debugging (-debugReady)
Default scrolling (-defaultscrolling)
Disable Delete Trigger (-disabledeltrig)
Dictionary Expressions (-dictexps)
Direct I/O (-directio)
DataServer Logging (-dslog)
Maximum Dynamic DataServer Port (-dsmaxport)
Minimum Dynamic DataServer (-dsminport)
DataServer (-Dsrv)
Database Type (-dt)
European Numeric Format (-E)
Enforce Mm (-enforceMm)
Entity Expansion Limit (-entityExpansionLimit)
Error Stack (-errorstack)
Event Level (-evtlevel)
Expand Browse (-expandbrow)
Force Access (-F)
Schema Field Cache Size (-fc)
Filtering Asynchronous COM Events (-filterocxevents)
Field List Disable (-fldisable)
Before-image Truncate Interval (-G)
Group Delay (-groupdelay)
Host Name (-H)
Number of Databases (-h)
Hardlimit (-hardlimit)
Hash Table Entries (-hash)
No Crash Protection (-i)
Dynamics Parameter (-icfparam)
Index consistency check (-IndexCheck)
Index Range Size (-indexrangesize)
Initialization File (-ininame)
Input Characters (-inp)
Internet Protocol (-ipver)
Initial Value Segment No Convert (-isnoconv)
Keyword Forget List (-k)
Key Alias (-keyalias)
Key Alias Password (-keyaliaspasswd)
Lock Table Entries (-L)
Local Buffer Size (-l)
Logical Database Name (-ld)
Lock Governor (-LGovernor)
Literal Question (-literalquestion)
Lock Table Hash Size (-lkhash)
Lock release (-lkrela)
Lock Timeout (-lkwtmo)
Language (-lng)
Log Entry Types (-logentrytypes)
Logging Level (-logginglevel)
Log Threshold (-logthreshold)
LRU force skips (-lruskips)
LRU alternate buffer pool force skips (-lru2skips)
Auto Server (-m1)
Manual Server (-m2)
Secondary Login Broker (-m3)
Maximum Clients Per Server (-Ma)
Maximum Area Number (-maxAreas)
Maximum Dynamic Server (-maxport)
Maximum JTA Transactions (-maxxids)
Network Message Compression (-mc)
Memory consistency check (-MemCheck)
Delayed BI File Write (-Mf)
Minimum Clients per Server (-Mi)
Minimum Dynamic Server (-minport)
Message Buffer Size (-Mm)
Maximum Memory (-mmax)
Maximum Servers (-Mn)
Servers Per Protocol (-Mp)
Maximum Servers Per Broker (-Mpb)
Record Buffer Size (-Mr)
User MUX Latches (-mux)
Shared-memory Overflow Size (-Mxs)
Number of Users (-n)
Nap Time Increment (-napinc)
Nap Maximum (-napmax)
Nap Time Steps (-napstep)
Nested Blocks (-nb)
Login Governor (-nGovernor)
No Lock (-NL)
Message Wait (-Nmsgwait)
No Auto Result-list (-noautoreslist)
No Domain Support With the CAN-DO Function (-nocandodomain)
No Check Temp-table Names (-nochkttnames)
No Colons for Side Labels (-nocolon)
No Evaluation of Properties (-noevalprops)
No Garbage Collection (-nogc)
No Host Verify (-nohostverify)
No Inactive Indexes (-noinactiveidx)
No Auto-Increment Warnings (-noincrwarn)
Index Hint (-noindexhint)
No INT64 (-noint64)
Server Join (-nojoinbysqldb)
No routine in WHERE Clause (-noroutineinwhere)
No Session Cache (-nosessioncache)
No Session Reuse (-nosessionreuse)
SELECT Pass Through Disable (-noSQLbyserver)
No UDF in WHERE Clause (-noudfinwhere)
Fractional Separator (-numdec)
Number of Log Files to Keep (-numlogfiles)
Thousands Separator (-numsep)
Printer (-o)
Outer-join Mode (-ojmode)
Storage Object Cache Size (-omsize)
Password (-P)
Startup Procedure (-p)
Parameter (-param)
Prompt for Passphrase (-Passphrase)
Pending Connection Time (-PendConnTime)
Parameter File (-pf)
Database Service Communication Area Size (-pica)
Pin Shared Memory (-pinshm)
PROLIB Memory (-plm)
PROLIB Swap (-pls)
Fast Schema Change (-populate)
Prefetch delay (-prefetchDelay)
Prefetch factor (-prefetchFactor)
Prefetch Num Recs (-prefetchNumRecs)
Prefetch Priority (-prefetchPriority)
Preload CLR (-preloadCLR)
Configuration Properties File (-properties)
Proxy Host (-proxyhost)
Proxy Password (-proxyPassword)
Proxy Port (-proxyport)
Proxy Userid (-proxyUserid)
Quick Request (-q)
Non-reliable I/O (-r)
Alternate Random Number Generator (-rand)
Require Username (-requireusername)
Reread Fields (-rereadfields)
Reread Nolock (-rereadnolock)
Re-usable Objects Cache (-reusableObjects)
Run ABL Client (-rg)
Read-only Media (-RO)
Run Query Client (-rq)
Run Run-time Client (-rr)
Encrypted Compiler Mode (-rx)
Service Name (-S)
Stack Size (-s)
Schema Lock Wait Queue (-schlockwq)
Screen-value Mode (-scrvalmode)
Semaphore Sets (-semsets)
Server Group (-servergroup)
Type of Server to Start (-ServerType)
Session Timeout (-sessiontimeout)
Shared memory segment size (-shmsegsize)
Show PPU Error (-showppuerr)
Spin Lock Retries (-spin)
SQL Open Cursors (-SQLCursors)
SQL rowid identifier(-SQLQuotedRowid)
SQL Stack Size (-SQLStack)
SQL Statement Cache Size (-SQLStmtCache)
SQL Sorting Memory (-SQLTempBuff)
SSL-based Connection (-ssl)
Strict Entity Resolution (-strictEntityResolution)
Stash Area (-stsh)
Temporary Directory (-T)
Save Temp Files (-t)
Table consistency check (-TableCheck)
Table Range Size (-tablerangesize)
Speed Sort (-TB)
Time Stamp (-tstamp)
Temp-table Schema Marshal (-ttmarshal)
Merge Number (-TM)
Temporary Table Database Block Size (-tmpbsize)
Token (-tok)
Trigger Location (-trig)
Temp-Table Base Index (-ttbaseindex)
Temp-Table Base Table (-ttbasetable)
Temp-table Index Range Size (-ttindexrangesize)
Temp-Table Table Range Size (-tttablerangesize)
Transaction End (TXE) Lock Retry Limit (-TXERetryLimit)
UNDO, THROW Error Handling (-undothrow)
User ID (-U)
Use OS Locale (-useOsLocale)
Use Widget ID (-usewidgetid)
Version 6 Colon (-v6colon)
Version 6 Query (-v6q)
Windows Passthrough Printing (-Wa -wpp)
Windows Single Session (-wss)
Windows Exit - No Dialog (-wy)
Statistics (-y)
Statistics with CTRL+C (-yc)
Segment Statistics (-yd)
Four Digit Year Default (-yr4def)
Statistics With Cross-reference (-yx)
Century Year Offset (-yy)
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Century Year Offset (-yy)