Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress Dynamics Basic Development

Obtaining a site number

To allow everyone in the OpenEdge® community who is using Progress Dynamics to build and deploy an application, OpenEdge® offers the ability to obtain a unique site number or range of site numbers. The http://www.progress.com/dynamics/sitenumber Web site supports a Web application to register framework users and sites and assign site numbers. This application maintains a central database where registered user sites and their site numbers are stored.

Figure 4–1 shows the entry screen for the site number application.

Figure 4–1: Progress Dynamics Site Number Allocation Web site

To obtain a site number:

To register your site with the application, select the Register Site link in the left frame.

The Dynamics Site Allocation page appears, as shown:



Enter a Site Code, a unique character string (without spaces) to identify your site in a way that is meaningful to you. A one-word abbreviation of your organization name, or your own name if you are assigning the site number for your own use, is appropriate. The application informs you if the Site Code you choose already exists in the database.
Enter the e-mail address where you can be reached. Part of the purpose of registering your sites is to enable Progress to contact you regarding a notification for all active Progress Dynamics developers. Your e-mail address will not be public information.
Enter a password for your Site Code. The password prevents anyone else in the community from modifying the information or site numbers associated with your site code.
Enter a site Description, typically a longer identifier for your organization or your full name.
Choose Register to enter your information into the site number database.

Now that you have registered your site, you can assign numbers to it.

To assign site numbers:

From the left Index frame, select the Register Site Numbers link, as shown:



Enter your site code in the Owning Site Code field. This is the site code that you entered earlier to identify your site.
If your site code is part of a larger organization that is also registered in the site number application, indicate this by filling in the Allocated Site Code with the site code for the controlling organization. This field helps organize sites in the application.
If you have already been using a site number in your Repository database and you want to keep using it, enter that number for the site number. Otherwise leave this field blank and you will be assigned the next available starting site number. If your site number is already being used by another registered site, you will be notified and you will have to select another site number.
Note: There is no inherent problem in having object ID records in your database with different site numbers. This just means that the fractional part of those object IDs will not all be the same. Your Repository and your application will still function properly. An issue will arise only if you need to deploy object definitions or other data from your copy of the Repository database to another Repository database that could possibly have the same site number (such as a deployment to an application site), or if you deploy data from your application database to another database that could be using the same site number. To avoid these issues, you must get your site number assigned correctly before you start doing work that could actually lead to data being deployed.
Enter the Site Count, the number of site numbers you want to reserve. You will want a distinct site number for each different development Repository database within your organization, and for each deployed set of databases (the Repository plus your application database) that you anticipate. You can allocate up to 100 site numbers to a site code. The total possible number of site numbers is limited only by the nine-digit format of the fractional portion of the object ID field. This is more than adequate, but it protects against anyone allocating millions of site numbers inappropriately. It also allows large blocks of site numbers to be allocated when they need to be matched up with product registration numbers or some other key.
Choose Register to save your site number information. A list of your assigned site numbers displays at the bottom of the page.