How to create dictionary from Image database

[Whittall, Conrad]

QDD was replaced by PDL as the preferred PowerHouse data
dictionary quite a number of years ago -- for compatibility with
other PowerHouse platforms, such as UNIX, and to introduce support
for relational databases like ORACLE. Consequently the ITOQ program
was dropped from the PowerHouse Series 8 builds on MPE/iX.

If you still have an older version of PowerHouse then you can use
the ITOQ program from that version to create a QDD source. I would
then recommend that you use the QDDTOPDL program (supplied with
version 8.19) to convert the generated QDD source into PDL in order
to give you a dictionary to work with in version 8.19.

Alternatively, PowerHouse Architect also includes the ability to
create data definitions in the Architect Knowledge Base (AKB)
directly from the TurboIMAGE root file, in exactly the same way
that ITOQ used to generate QDD source. Once the data definitions
are in the AKB you can generate and compile the PDL data dictionary
directly from inside Architect. (In fact, you can even set up cross
references of applications to data definitions and then generate a
PDL dictionary containing only the definitions needed by a specific
application, rather than just having one big dictionary for all
applications.)

I hope this helps.

Best regards, 
Conrad 

Conrad Whittall 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bing Fu [mailto:bingfu@yahoo.com]
Sent: Tuesday 20 July 1999 1:12 PM
To: POWERH LIST
Subject: How to create dictionary from Image database


Hi,

Anybody knows how to create powerhouse dictionary in PH819C2 from image
database?

In PH819C2, I cannot find ITOQ anymore. Do my installation have any
problems?

I am on HP3000 MPE/5.5.4.

Thanks for any suggestions.

July 20, 1999




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