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Java TCL

Java TCL is a Java application from Entrinsik that talks to a U2 database server by sending commands through the uniRPC service, exactly as the Informer web application does. Commands run at this prompt return the same results as commands sent by Informer, which makes it useful for troubleshooting differences between the standard TCL (colon) prompt and Informer report results.

Running Java TCL​

  1. Obtain the two files asjava-1.0.zip and shell-1.0.jar from Support, and save them to a computer on the same network as the Informer server (consider a folder named JavaTCL).

  2. Open a command prompt and change to that folder:

    cd c:/JavaTCL

  3. Run the shell jar:

    java -jar shell-1.0.jar

  4. Fill in the prompts (the values come from the Informer Datasource settings for the account):

    • Server hostname or IP: the database server's hostname or IP address.
    • Account path to db: the path on the database server to the account folder.
    • Username to connect to the db: the username from the Datasource settings.
    • Password for user: that user's password.

  5. If the credentials are correct, a path prompt appears, and you can run database commands as if at the standard database prompt.

  6. Run all initialization subroutines before any query statements, or the behavior may differ from the Informer web application. Type the names exactly as listed on your Datasource connection page (for example, INFORMERINIT).