Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Progress Dynamics Getting Started

Creating an empty database

To create a DynSports database to use with the tutorial:

Choose Start Programs OpenEdge Data Administration to launch the Data Administration tool, as shown:



Select Database Create. The Create Database window appears.
Type <wrk>\Tutorial\databases\dynsports\dynsports in the New Physical Database Name field, where <wrk> is your Progress Dynamics working directory, and start with An EMPTY Database, as shown:



Choose OK. The Connect Database dialog box appears when the database is ready.

Note that the Physical Name is set to your new database and the Logical Name has defaulted to dynsports. The logical name is used to resolve ambiguous database references. When a procedure is compiled against a database, the logical database name is stored in the procedure’s object code. When the procedure executes, its database name references must match the logical database name of a connected database, as shown:



Choose OK to connect the database.