1. Inside Module 3 Working with Eloquence Page
Commands to access Eloquence databases 2
Opening and closing a database 3
Eloquence and Base Command 4
Put Command 5
Summary 6
Eloquence, a product of Marxmeier Software AG, is a Client- Server/SQL database, that has a Turbo-Image call interface that makes Eloquence databases on HP 9000s look like HP 3000 databases.
Eloquence also supports most of the same data types native to Turbo- Image databases.
Most of the Suprtool commands for Eloquence work identically to the way they work for TurboIMAGE, so this module only describes the command where there are differences: Base, Put

2. Accessing data files
These Suprtool commands access Eloquence data files:
BASE
GET
CHAIN
FORM
PUT
DELETE
UPDATE
Base Opens a specified database
Get Selects an Eloquence dataset for serial access
Chain Selects an Eloquence dataset for chained access
Form Displays information about the items and datasets in a database
Put Writes records to an Eloquence dataset
Delete Removes records from a dataset
Update Changes values in dataset records

3. Opening and closing a database
You can use the BASE command to open a database
>base store,5,READER
The BASE command without parameters closes a database
A database remains open until a BASE, RESET BASE or RESET ALL command is executed
Alternate Base and Put command syntax special to Eloquence
Syntax [servername][:server/]database,mode,password
Defaults mode = 1 password = creator password
Password In session mode, the creator password is used by default if a password is not entered or if Suprtool is not running interactively.
To prompt for the password, put a question mark as the database password on the command line. This password will not be echoed.
>base store,5,? Password > {will not be echoed}
Modes Mode-1(default) - shared read, shared write Mode-3 - exclusive read, exclusive write Mode-4 - shared read, exclusive write Mode-5 - shared read, no write
Examples >base store,5,reader {open database}
>base {if no parameters, close database}

4. Eloquence and Base Command
Base Command Syntax
base [servername][:server/]database,mode,password
base myserver:eloqdb/sample,5,reader
base :eloqdb/sample,5,reader
base :eloqdb/sample
base sample
The Base command can be specified in a number of ways for Eloquence. You can optionally specify the servername and the server port, you must always specify the database name.
Suprtool will default to mode 1 (shared updates) and the creator password if they are not specifically specified. On MPE or with Image databases the database name is always upshifted. On HP-UX with Eloquence databases the base command arguments are never upshifted.

5. Put Command Put Command allows the same syntax
put dataset,[servername][:server/][database]
put dataset,myserver:eloqdb/sample
Put dataset
The Put command adds records to a given dataset of a given database. It can add to the currently open database or another database on the same machine or another server. The Put command arguments are not upshifted with Eloquence databases.

6. Summary Base Command Eloquence syntax
Put Command allows the same syntax
For the most part, Suprtool with Eloquence and Image work virtually the same. The primary difference is that Base and Put commands allow the Eloquence database to be fully qualified, with the servername, port and IP address, allowing you to access multiple instances of an Eloquence server.
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