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Overview

This chapter provides an overview of the Sapphire/Gateway. It provides an introduction to the Gateway, and describes how to configure resources that affect the Gateway and clients that use its services.

Sapphire/Gateway and CGI programs generated by the tool are client applications that utilize the services of the Gateway. These services include providing access to database objects, such as tables and stored procedures. Since a client application does not communicate directly with a database server, each client must connect to the Gateway in order to utilize database objects. The Sapphire/Gateway resources control connections between client applications and the Gateway.

If you have two or more networked workstations, the distributed capabilities of Sapphire/Gateway allow client applications to connect to the Gateway across the network. Sapphire/Gateway supports a network environment that includes diskless workstations.

Note: The Install program may have already started a Gateway. To determine if the Gateway is started, run the following:
BSD systems = ps -augxww | grep dborb
System V systems: ps - def | grep dborb
If the Gateway is running, you may skip to Chapter 5. Please read this section to familiarize yourself with the steps in starting the Gateway in the event that your machine is re-booted, and the Gateway is terminated.


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