RDK Installation Process (Deployment)

RDK Installation Processes

One of the records in the SYSUPGRADE table, %PROCESS%, contains the instructions to be used during the installation process. Instructions are placed into this record in blocks, with a header at the top of the block indicating the process to perform. Below is a list of the installation processes:

[CREATE TABLES] * To create tables

VOLUME/TABLE/ACCOUNT

VOLUME/DICT.TABLE/ACCOUNT

[COPY TABLES] * To copy tables

VOLUME/DICT.TABLE/ACCOUNT

VOLUME/TABLE/ACCOUNT

Create the dictionary in the deployment and copy all of the dictionary records into the SYSUPGRADE table; this will also create any indexes on that table that existed in the development system.

[DELETE TABLES] * To delete tables

TABLE

[ATTACH TABLES] * To attach tables

VOLUME/TABLE/ACCOUNT

[DETACH TABLES] * To detach tables

TABLE

[ALIAS TABLES] * To alias tables

TABLE/ALIASNAME

Will alias a table in the RDK directory.

[COPY OSFILE] * To copy OSFile

ODIR/FILE

[DELETE ROWS] * To delete rows

TABLE/KEY

[EXECUTE PROCEDURES] * To execute procedures prior to upgrading RDK

PROGRAM NAME

[DECLARE DLL] * To declare DLL

NAME OF ROW IN SYSPROCS THAT DEFINES THE DLL

[EXECUTE PROCEDURES POST] * To execute procedures after RDK upgrade

PROGRAM NAME