Opening an Existing Database
You can open an existing database in the following ways:
Once you have opened a database, it is displayed in the left panel next to the database icon, and its name is added to the File History list saved with this system.
On the File menu, Cview displays a list of databases previously opened in this system. To open a previously-opened database, choose it from the history list on the File menu.
To open an existing database using the Cview directory browser:
- Choose File->Open from the menu bar. The Browse for Folder dialog displays.
By default, the browser opens in the system directory.
- Navigate to the appropriate directory and highlight the database name.
- Click OK.
The Open by Name feature lets you open a database in the system directory without having to use the navigator or specify a pathname or location. To open a database by name:
- Choose File->Open by Name from the menu bar. The Open by Name dialog appears.
- In the Name field, type the name of a database in the system directory. Optionally, you can choose the name using the Directory or List buttons.
Click Directory to choose from the file browser, or List to choose from a list of databases known to the system.
- Click OK.
To automatically open a database when Cview opens, specify the database name on the command line when you launch Cview. For example:
java com.ibm.db2j.tools.cview MyDBName
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