Using the Database Explorer
You can use the database Explorer to:
- Run or display a QMF object by double clicking on the object
listed in any of the branches of the Database Explorer tree. By
default, double clicking on the OMF object will display the object.
To run the object by double clicking, you must open the Database
Explorer Options window where you can change the default from Display to Run.
- Right-click on any database server listed in the Database Explorer
tree and open a context menu. From the context menu you can select Set Filters to open
the Filters window where you specify which QMF objects will be included
in the database server branch in the Database Explorer tree. You can
select New Document which opens a New query
document window where you can select an icon that represents the
type of new QMF object that you want to create. You can also choose
to Refresh the list of objects that are available
for the selected database server.
- You can right-click on any object listed in the Database Explorer
tree and open a context menu. From the context menu you can Open,
Run, Delete, Rename, Copy or Refresh the object. If applicable to
the selected object, you can access the Draw, Display Map, Register
in Information Catalog, and Properties functions.
- You can view all of a QMF object's dependencies on other objects
from the Database Explorer tree. All query objects, including procedures,
listed in all of the Database Explorer branches, have a single child
node that is labeled References. Expand the query object by clicking
the (+) to the left, and then expand the branch References by clicking
its (+) expand icon. The QMF for Windows object analyzer is invoked.
An analysis is triggered to determine the selected object's dependencies.
All reference objects will display beneath the References nodes.
All operations that can be performed on objects listed in the Database
Explorer branches, can also be performed on these objects.
- If you select a table, the QMF for Windows object analyzer will
list the columns. The child node name is Columns. Expand the table
object by clicking the (+) to the left, and then expand the branch
Columns by clicking its (+) expand icon. The QMF for Windows object
analyzer is invoked. An analysis is triggered to determine the selected
table's columns. All table column names will display beneath the
Columns branch.
