Blade silent install

Hi folks; Does anyone know how to install a blade (any blade) in a newly created database without using the Blade Manager, since the latter is interactive and we need a silent install... Any idea/former experience is highly appreciated. TIA, Noam

Noam, If you're dealing with a DataBlade that you've written yourself, you could choose to use the "test.sql" script that BladeSmith generates instead of using blademanager. You could install it this way: % dbaccess mydb < test.sql If you wanted it to be really silent: % dbaccess mydb < test.sql >& /dev/nullor Bourne shell: % dbaccess mydb < test.sql > /dev/null 2>&1 But if you're dealing with a DataBlade that someone else built, e.g., Excalibur Text, you're stuck with blademanager. This is not to say you can't make blademanager run silently or non-interactively. Using the Bourne shell: % blademgr > /dev/null 2>&1 <<END register someblade.1.0 mydb y quit END BTW, using blademanager is highly recommended. www Noam Atzmon wrote: > Hi folks; > > Does anyone know how to install a blade (any blade) in a newly created > database without using the Blade Manager, since the latter is > interactive and we need a silent install... > > Any idea/former experience is highly appreciated. > > TIA, Noam

Hi William, One important fact which I forgot to mention...: We are using the (glorious and highly appreciated) NT, and It's not our blade... Well??? By the way, using the test.sql with a production system, prevents upgrade of your blade... TIA, Noam. "William W. White" wrote: > Noam, > > If you're dealing with a DataBlade that you've written yourself, you > could choose to use the "test.sql" script that BladeSmith generates > instead of using blademanager. You could install it this way: > > % dbaccess mydb < test.sql> > If you wanted it to be really silent: > > % dbaccess mydb < test.sql >& /dev/null> or Bourne shell: > % dbaccess mydb < test.sql > /dev/null 2>&1> > But if you're dealing with a DataBlade that someone else built, e.g., > Excalibur Text, you're stuck with blademanager. This is not to say > you can't make blademanager run silently or non-interactively. Using > the Bourne shell: > > % blademgr > /dev/null 2>&1 <<END > register someblade.1.0 mydb > y > quit > END > > BTW, using blademanager is highly recommended. > > www > > Noam Atzmon wrote: > >> Hi folks; >> >> Does anyone know how to install a blade (any blade) in a newly >> created database without using the Blade Manager, since the latter >> is interactive and we need a silent install... >> >> Any idea/former experience is highly appreciated. >> >> TIA, Noam >

Noam, Noam Atzmon wrote: > Does anyone know how to install a blade (any blade) in a newly created > database without using the Blade Manager, since the latter is > interactive and we need a silent install... Bill White has already point out that you can run blademgr from a shell script. You should also know that when blademgr is executed it looks for a file named blademgr.run containing commands to perform. Included at the end of this message is a Makefile I commonly use to create and drop databases and register DataBlade modules. If the Makefile is set up properly, you can create a database and register the DataBlade modules you want in that database by simply executing the following command at the shell prompt. make cd rg Regards, -- Chris DATABASE:sh =basename $PWD DBACCOPT=-e DBSPACE=dbspace1 SBSPACE=sbspace1 IFXBLADE=ifxbuiltins.1.1 LLDBLADE=LLD.1.20.UC2 TXTBLADE=TXT.1.10.UC2 ETXBLADE=ETX.1.11.UC3 VTSBLADE=VTS.1.10.UC1 IFDBLADE=IFD.1.11.UC1 FRSBLADE=FRS.1.11.UC1 IPDBLADE=IPD.1.11.UC1 TMSBLADE=TimeSeries.3.20.UC3 RLTBLADE=ifxrltree.2.00 SPABLADE=spatial.2.21.UC1 GEOBLADE=geodetic.2.12.UC2 SPWBLADE=SpatialWare.4.0 VIDBLADE=video.1.20.UC1 WEBBLADE=web.3.32.UC6 cd: echo "create database $(DATABASE) in $(DBSPACE) with log" | dbaccess dd: echo "drop database $(DATABASE)" | dbaccess rg: echo set confirm off > blademgr.run # echo register $(IFXBLADE) $(DATABASE) >> blademgr.run # echo register $(LLDBLADE) $(DATABASE) >> blademgr.run # echo register $(TXTBLADE) $(DATABASE) >> blademgr.run # echo register $(ETXBLADE) $(DATABASE) >> blademgr.run # echo register $(VTSBLADE) $(DATABASE) >> blademgr.run # echo register $(IFDBLADE) $(DATABASE) >> blademgr.run # echo register $(FRSBLADE) $(DATABASE) >> blademgr.run # echo register $(IPDBLADE) $(DATABASE) >> blademgr.run # echo register $(TMSBLADE) $(DATABASE) >> blademgr.run # echo register $(RLTBLADE) $(DATABASE) >> blademgr.run # echo register $(SPABLADE) $(DATABASE) >> blademgr.run # echo register $(GEOBLADE) $(DATABASE) >> blademgr.run # echo register $(SPWBLADE) $(DATABASE) >> blademgr.run # echo register $(VIDBLADE) $(DATABASE) >> blademgr.run # echo register $(WEBBLADE) $(DATABASE) >> blademgr.run echo bye >> blademgr.run blademgr

Noam Atzmon wrote: > Hi William, > > One important fact which I forgot to mention...: We are using the > (glorious and highly appreciated) NT, and It's not our blade... > > Well??? You can do this with MKS Toolkit. If you don't have that, you might be able to do it with DOS. Take a look in your $INFORMIXDIR directory, and you'll see a file called <servername>.cmd. If you execute that command file in a DOS window, you'll be able to use things like dbaccess and the command line version of blademgr. I'm not a DOS person, but I'm sure a mature operating system interface like that must provide a way to do simple unix-ish things like the examples I posted. > > > By the way, using the test.sql with a production system, prevents > upgrade of your blade... Right -- that's why blademanager is recommended. You didn't specify, so I gave you both options. Good luck, www > > > > TIA, Noam. > > > > "William W. White" wrote: > >> Noam, >> >> If you're dealing with a DataBlade that you've written yourself, you >> >> could choose to use the "test.sql" script that BladeSmith generates >> instead of using blademanager. You could install it this way: >> >> % dbaccess mydb < test.sql>> >> If you wanted it to be really silent: >> >> % dbaccess mydb < test.sql >& /dev/null>> or Bourne shell: >> % dbaccess mydb < test.sql > /dev/null 2>&1>> >> But if you're dealing with a DataBlade that someone else built, >> e.g., >> Excalibur Text, you're stuck with blademanager. This is not to say >> you can't make blademanager run silently or non-interactively. Using >> >> the Bourne shell: >> >> % blademgr > /dev/null 2>&1 <<END >> register someblade.1.0 mydb >> y >> quit >> END >> >> BTW, using blademanager is highly recommended. >> >> www >> >> Noam Atzmon wrote: >> >> > Hi folks; >> > >> > Does anyone know how to install a blade (any blade) in a newly >> > created database without using the Blade Manager, since the latter >> > is interactive and we need a silent install... >> > >> > Any idea/former experience is highly appreciated. >> > >> > TIA, Noam >>