Database Folders

Database Folders

All files for one database should be stored in one folder, and typically a number of databases are stored together in a folder called Archive\db.

database.BAR	Text	Database tool bar
database.CDF	Text	Customisations Axiell makes to fields
database.CDR	Text	Customisations Axiell makes to record types
database.CMT	Text	Field comment/description
database.DEF	Text	Field and record definitions
database.DFT	Text	Field default contents
database.DIR	Binary	Index hash table directories
database.LOG	Text	Records database transactions (if set in the Admin program)
database.NET	Text	Record counter for network traffic
database.OCC	Binary	Compressed term occurrence lists
database.PCK	Text	Picklist
database.ROT	Binary	Record Offset Table
database.SER	Text	Serial numbers
database.TCL	Text	Autoopen commands, (optional)
database.TEX	Binary	Main database file
database.TRM	Binary	Index: pages of indexed terms
database.UDF	Text	Customisations you make to fields
database.UDR	Text	Customisations you make to record types
database.UDS	Text	Custom searches you set up
database.VCB	Text	Vocabulary (optional)

The location of each database is recorded in the Registry, under the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\DS\Idle\Archive. This is set by the installation program. If necessary you can edit the Registry directly to alter this information, but this is not recommended.

In the client/server configuration, the database folders are on the server machine; no databases are stored on the client machine. Therefore, the client's Registry should not contain a HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\DS\Idle subtree.

Two (text) files are used only when creating or re-indexing a database:

Stopword.LST             Stopwords
anyname.CVT             Character value table