Editing the Lawson Database Interface Configuration File

This procedure describes how to edit the configuration parameters in the %LARUNDIR%\DATAAREA\db.cfg database interface configuration file.

To edit the Lawson Database Interface Configuration File

  1. Use a text editor to open the Lawson db.cfg configuration file for your product line or data area. The file location is:

    %LARUNDIR%\DATAAREA\db.cfg

  2. Change the desired parameters. What Are the Parameters in the Lawson Database Interface Configuration File?
  3. Save and exit the file.
  4. If you changed parameters for text index management, recreate all of your text indexes. At a Landmark command prompt, type

    dbtextindex -Ucd dataarea

    This command generates and executes DDL to implement the parameter values set in the db.cfg file, and drops and creates only the text indexes in the database.

    Caution: 

    If you are working with critical data, do not use the update (-U) mode without first examining the DDL. Instead, the preferred method is to direct the output to a file that you can examine, edit if necessary, and issue the command to the database through the database SQL utility.