NexusDB V3 Manual

Server Context Menu

Once the focus is set on a particular server in the main window area, a context menu to manipulate that particular server is accessible by pressing the right mouse button.  The items available in this popup menu are shown below. This menu set allows you to manipulate database aliases and work on the currently active server.

New Database Alias

To create a new alias on the active server in the list, enter an alias name and a directory path in the dialog as shown in the next figure. Keep in mind that the directory path is always relative to the machine the NexusDB Server is running on (which could be another machine). If the path is not on the local machine, then the EM can't create it for you. As you can see on the screen shot you can also create InMemory only databases. These are volatile and once the server is disabled, closed or restarted all tables and their data are discarded.

Attach

Use this command to open the connection to a server (if you right-click to open the pop-up menu, the EM will automatically try to establish a connection).  If the connection is made active, the server icon in the tree will display a green "link active" line on its right-hand side. If no connection exists, the server icon shows a red "x" at the right-hand side.

Detach

Use this command to close a connection to a specific server.

Refresh Database List

If the alias list is changed outside of the EM (that is, directly on a NexusDB Server), this option will refresh the list here.

Refresh Server List (F5)

If you start up an external NexusDB Server, this will refresh the list to make it appear.  Similarly with closing down servers and refreshing aliases in external servers.

Register Server

Opens a dialog where you can add servers manually.  This must be done if the server can't be reached by the normal broadcast method (for instance, if the server is on a different subnet, or only reachable via the Internet).

Use this option to register a server with the EM that can not be found by broadcast, for instance if want to access a server over the internet or simply different sub networks.  Enter the details required and click the Add button.

To remove a registered server you need only select it and then click the Remove button.

To use a BlowFish secured server, enter the server name into the New Server box, and select the secure transport in the combo box below it.  Press Add, and you have created a securely wrapped transport setup.

When you exit the dialog by pressing OK, the server is added to the tree of servers in the Servers window.