Command: dadDoConnect

 dadDoConnect name servername type port 
              [dataflow [keytable] [-urbwgkmz]

• The string name defines the name for the PinK object you want to create.
• The servername either contains the name of the host where the server is expected to be running or the name of a local UNIX socket filename. If a pipe or file is the specified connection this name refers to the unix file name.
• The type is either:
  • 'INET' for a internet socket connection,
  • 'UNIX' for a local unix socket connection,
  • 'RFIL' for reading from a dad file,
  • 'WFIL' for writing to a dad file,
  • 'RPIP' for reading from a dad pipe,
  • 'WPIP' for writing to a dad pipe.
• The port contains the port number of the external host where the server is listening for clients or 0 in the case of a local connection.
• The argument dataflow gives the ADAMO name of the dataflow you want to access. This argument can be ommitted if for 'RFIL' and 'RPIP' connections.
• The keytable may contain the PinK name of the keytable if the -k flag is specified. The keytable has to be created before calling dadDoConnect.
• The flags specify the operation mode for the database access. You may use
  • -r for reading information from the connection,
  • -w for writing information to the connection,
  • -u for the updating scheme,
  • -b for booking new information on a server,
  • -g if the Adamo tables should be generated while connecting (you'll need this in most cases together with the flag -r),
  • -k for access to the keytable,
  • -m open connection in multi mode,
  • -z switch on compression.

• Return value: -

See also:

• Dad manual entry,
• dadConnect, Disconnect, dadOpenDB, dadOpenFile, dadOpenPipe, Shutdown.

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