Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Deployment:
Startup Command and Parameter Reference

About the startup parameters

You use startup parameters with the startup commands to help define the context in which the database processes and client sessions run. The requirements and use of parameters varies with the different operating systems and network environments. For example, you can use the startup parameters to control how a client connects to a database and enhance database server and client performance. These parameters are organized into the following usage categories:

Client session
Client connection
OpenEdge database server
DataServer
SQL

For details about each parameter, see Chapter 4, " Startup Parameter Descriptions."

You can access the list of startup parameters defined at startup for the current OpenEdge session by reading the STARTUP-PARAMETERS attribute on the SESSION system handle from a 4GL procedure. For more information about the STARTUP-PARAMETERS attribute, or the SESSION system handle, see the OpenEdge Development: Progress 4GL Reference .