Common Cview Tasks

Use Cview to easily create, view, and manage Cloudscape databases.

The following table lists some common Cview tasks. The right column shows how to access that feature from the Cview menu.

Click a blue diamond to go to the associated topic:
Task Main Menu Option Button
Open a database File->Open
File->Open by Name
Create a database File->New->Database
Create an object in the database: Edit->New->
Open an additional Cview window File->New->Window
Delete one or more objects Edit->Delete
(when object or objects are highlighted)
Insert data into a table
Execute an SQL-J statement against the database
Import or export data Edit->Import
Edit->Export
(when a table name is selected)
Close a database File->Close
(when any node in the database is selected)
Exit Cview File->Exit
Examine an object

Browse data

See the SQL-J statement that created an object

Inspect a Java object
Modify or view connection settings
View system objects View->System Tables
View->System Stored Statements

View data in locale-specific format View->Localized Data Representation
View objects by schema View->Show Schemas

Most of these tasks can also be performed using SQL-J statements from Cview. For information about submitting SQL-J statements from Cview, see the section Submitting SQL-J Statements.