Use this page to create a new Extended Architecture Table (XAT).
Click
COPY to create a new XAT resource, using the values set on this page as the basis for the new XAT resource.
Click
DELETE to delete this XAT resource.
Click
ACTIVE to make this resource active.
Click
DUMP to create and view dump information for this XAT.
Click
SAVE to save your changes to the XAT.
- Name
- Specify the name of this XAT.
- Group
- Choose a group to which this XAT will belong. The list of groups from which you can choose include only those that can be
edited by you.
- Description
- Specify a short description of the XAT. Acceptable characters are A through Z, 0 through 9, $, @, and #.
- Switch Module
- Specify the location of the executable file
.dll (Windows), or
.so (UNIX) that contains the entry point that returns the xa_switch_t structure to the enterprise server.
OPEN STRING
- Fixed Format
- Switch to the right to enable open string fixed format:
- Database Name
- Specify the name of the resource manager database.
- User ID
- A resource manager ID, used internally to identify a particular XA configuration. This must be unique within the enterprise
server instance.
- Password
- The password required for the User ID.
- Confirm Password
- If you are creating a new password, specify the password again to verify you have entered it correctly.
- Fixed Format
- Switch to the left to disable open string fixed format:
- Open String
- The string that is passed to the resource manager on the xa_open() call. As a minimum, an entry in this field typically contains
the database name, and the User ID and password for connecting to the database. The contents of this string are database specific.
CLOSE STRING
- Close String
- Specify the string that is passed to the resource manager on the xa_close() call. See your database vendor's documentation
to determine whether or not you need to specify a close string.
RESOURCE MANAGER RTS SUPPORT
- Load Module
- Choose an external resource manager that the server needs to communicate with on behalf of container-managed applications:
- None
- DB2
- Oracle
- Sybase
- User
- Load Module Name
- If you choose User from the Load Module list, specify the name of the module that supplies the run-time support for the database
calls made by the application.