Chapter 2    Using External Interfaces

This chapter covers the following topics.

• External Database Coexistence

  • ODBC Requirements for External Database Coexistence

  • Semantic Schema Enrichment

  • Object Identifier Mapping

  • External Proxy Classes

  • Mapping an SQL Data Type to a Jade Primitive Type

  • Using the External Schema Wizard

  • Accessing an External Relational Database from Jade

• Obtaining a Relational View of Your Jade Database

  • Configuring a Jade ODBC Driver

  • Jade ODBC Thin Client Driver

  • Jade ODBC Driver Soft Entities and Attributes

  • SQL Examples

• Mapping Your Jade Database to a Relational Database

• Interfacing to OLE 2.0

  • Embedding and Linking Objects

  • What the OleControl Shows

  • Creating an OLE Control

  • Activating the OLE Application at Run Time

• Connecting to Network Devices Using TCP/IP

  • External Software Requirements

  • Using the TcpIpConnection Class

  • Connection Authentication

  • Data Encryption

  • TCP/IP Proxy Servers

  • Multiple Worker TCP/IP Connections

• Connecting to Network Devices Using a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)

• Connecting to Network Devices Using a Named Pipe

  • External Software Requirements

  • Using the NamedPipe Connection Class

  • InternetPipe Subclass

• Interfacing to the Internet

For considerations when using the Relational Population Service (RPS) to replicate a production Jade database to one or more Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) target databases, see Chapter 2, "Relational Population Service (RPS) Support", in the Synchronized Database Service (SDS) Administration Guide.