Servers

Pre-8.1

In pre-8.1, the ConText server, ctxsrv, has five personalities, R Q D M and L. A single server can have one or more personalities. A combination of personalities is called a mask. With personality masks, you can assign to a server different functions, such as query processing, DDL processing, or linguistic processing.

8.1

In 8.1, the ctxsrv executable is not required for indexing or querying. Indexing and querying are performed with standard SQL. You run the server only for background DML processing. No server is needed for performing batch DML, which you do by synchronizing the index with ALTER INDEX.

The ctxsrv executable is also not required for producing document services output, such as theme summaries and Gists. You obtain document services output synchronously with procedures the CTX_DOC package.

When you start ctxsrv, the only personality you can specify is M, which is the default.

See Also: For more information about ctxsrv, ALTER INDEX and the CTX_DOC package, see the Oracle8i interMedia Text Reference.

Viewing the Status of Servers

interMedia Text 8.1 does not support the ctxctl command that is used in pre-8.1 to view the status of ConText servers.

In 8.1 to view the status of a server, you can use the CTX_SERVERS view. You can also use the Oracle8i interMedia Text Manager, which is a Java application available with the Oracle Enterprise Manager.

Note: The Oracle8i Enterprise Manager is shipped on a separate CD from Oracle8i interMedia Text.