jBASE Structure

jBASE Structure
Objective
To understand
• jBASE Directory Structure
• Environmental Variables In jBASE
• File Types In jBASE
• jBASE File Resizing Commands
INTRODUCTION TO JBASE
• jBASE is an application development and database management
system.
• Uses the ‘C’ compiler to compile
T24 Architecture – An Overview
User
T24 (Application)
jBASE (Database)
(Operating
System)
Logging Onto jBASE
• Log on to jbase
• User name and password are verified

• remote.cmd is executed from RUN directory.
jBASE Directory Structure
/jBASE
bin config spooler lib tmp

• bin
Contains all the binary executables that make up the jBASE
system including the compilers.
• config
Contains various configuration files relating to the jPML daemon,
the configuration file for the creation of library files and other
configuration files.
• lib
Contains all the jBASE library files which are required for the
working of jBASE.
Library files are like the windows ‘.dll’ files.
• tmp
This is a general purpose temporary directory for runtime use
• jspooler
Contains the spool files of jBASE which are required to enable
printing in jBASE
Jbase licence in R8
• Jbase licence code must be put in a file called system.properties.
• Example path - C:\jbase5\5.0\config\system.properities
• This is responsible for managing and licensing jBASE processes
and ports.
Environment variables
• There are certain *entries* which are responsible for the successful
running of the jBASE.
• To reach there:
a. Right click on ‘My Computer’ icon on the desktop
b. Select ‘Properties’, once ‘System Properties’ window is open,
click on ‘Advaced’ tab
c. In the ‘Advanced’ tab click on ‘Environment Variables’
Environment variables
jBASE Environmental Variables
• JBCGLOBALDIR
Contains the path of the config directory of jBASE that contains the
jBASE configuration files
JBCGLOBALDIR = C:\jbase5\5.0
JBCJREDIR
• JBCJREDIR = C:\jbase5\5.0\java\jre
This Variable refers to the java runtime environment.
JBCJRELIB
• JBCJRELIB = C:\jbase5\5.0\java\jre\bin\client;C:\jbase5\5.0\java\
jre\lib
This Variable refers to the lib and bin of java runtime environment.
• JBCRELEASEDIR
Contains the directory where jBASE has been installed

JBCRELEASEDIR = C:\jbase5\5.0
• PATH
Contains the path executables files of jBase

PATH = %JBCRELEASEDIR%\bin;%JBCJRELIB%; (*DO NOT* delete/modify other entries)
jBASE File Types
• Every file in jBASE has 2 portions
Data Portion Dict Portion

1 xxx yyy S.NO -- properties
2 xxx yyy NAME -- properties
3 xxx yyy ADDRESS-- properties
• Data File : Contains the records

• Dict File : Contains the field names and the field definitions
jBASE File Types
jBASE supports 2 different types of files
• Non-hashed file
• Hashed file
jBASE File Types
• Non-Hashed Files
• Sequential files
• Used to store programs
• Type = UD
jBASE File Types
• Hashed Files
• Store and retrieve data randomly
• Improve performance
• Used for data and dict files
• Type = J3 or J4
• Have modulo and separation and secondary buffer
• Modulo – Number of frames
• Separation – Size of a frame
• Secondary Buffer – Size of the secondary buffer size.
• Default size of secondary buffer : Size of 1 modulo * 2
jBASE File Types
• J3 Hashed File with Modulo 4 and Separation 4
• Default size of 1 frame is 1024 byte
4*1024 4*1024 4*1024 4*1024 4*1024 4*1024 4*1024

4*1024
4096 4096 4096 4096 4096 4096 4096
4096
Bytes Bytes Bytes Bytes Bytes Bytes Bytes
Bytes Modulo 1 Modulo 2 Modulo 3 Modulo 4
Modulo 1 Modulo 2 Modulo 3 Modulo 4
Data File Dict File

jBASE File Types
• J4 Hashed File with Modulo 4 and Separation 4
• Default size of 1 frame is 4096 byte
4*4096 4*4096 4*4096 4*4096 4*4096 4*4096 4*4096 4*4096

16384 16384 16384 16384 16384 16384 16384
Bytes Bytes
16384
Bytes Bytes
Bytes Bytes Bytes Bytes
Modulo 1 Modulo Modulo 3 Modulo 4 Modulo 2 Modulo 3 Modulo 4
Modulo 1
2
jBASE File Types
• Example 1
Create a hashed file TEMENOS of type J4 with the following values:
• Dict Modulo : 1
• Dict Separation : 2
• Dict Secondary Buffer Size : Default
• Data Modulo : 3
• Data Separation : 2
• Data Secondary Buffer Size : 2
jBASE File Types
• Solution 1
• CREATE.FILE TEMENOS TYPE=J4 1,2 3,2,2
• File TEMENOS]D created , type = J4
• File TEMENOS created , type = J4
jBASE File Types
• Solution 1 Dictionary File Data File
2*4096 2*4096 2*4096 2*4096

8192 8192 8192 8192
Bytes Bytes Bytes Bytes
Modulo 1 Modulo 1 Modulo 2 Modulo 3
8192 8192 8192

*2
*2 *2
Secondary
Buffer Size
jBASE File Types
• Example 2
Create a non-hashed file TEMENOS1
jBASE File Types
• Example 2
Create a non-hashed file TEMENOS1
jBASE File Types
• Solution 2
• CREATE.FILE TEMENOS1 TYPE=UD

• File TEMENOS1]D created , type = UD
• File TEMENOS1 created , type = UD
File Maintenance In jBASE
• A badly sized file will result in low performance of the
system. Therefore it is absolutely necessary to resize files
periodically
• jstat
jstat is the command in jBASE that is used to determine the
statistics of a hashed file.
• Example 1
jstat FBNK.ACCOUNT
Output
• Options with jstat
• f - free space display

• r - record display
• s - short summary display
• v - verbose
• w - do not wait on locked records
• Example 2
• jstat -r FBNK.ACCOUNT
• Resize the file FBNK.ACCOUNT
• New Modulo = Total Number Of Bytes/Size Of 1 Frame
• jrf is the command to resize files
• jrf –S195 ../mbdemo.data/ac/FBNK.ACCOUNT
• Options with jrf
• H# - Changes hash type to # (1-4)

• D - Allows downsize
• E - Resize empty files
• I - Ignore empty files
• R - Suggest modulo
• V, -V1 - Verbose and very verbose mode
• S# - Resize to modulo #
Summary
• jBASE is a multivalue database
• Has a similar directory structure to that of Unix
• The bin directory contains all the jBASE executables
• The lib directory contains all the jBASE library files
• The config directory contains the configuration files of jBASE
• The tmp directory contains the temporary data that the database
wishes to store
Summary
• The jspooler directory contains the jBASE spool files
• JBCRELEASEDIR contains the path where jBASE has been installed
• JBCGLOBALDIR contains the path of the jBASE config directory
• PATH contains the path of the jBASE executables
($JBCRELEASEDIR/bin)
• LIBPATH for AIX SHLIB_PATH for HP and LD_LIBRARAY_PATH are
the variables that will hold the path of the jBASE library
files($JBCRELEASEDIR/lib)
Summary
• JBCSPOOLER contains the path of the jBASE spooler files
• JBCBASETMP contains the path of the jBASE tmp directory
• J4 files are hashed files and the default size of 1 modulo is 4096 bytes
• J3 file are hashed files and the default size of 1 modulo is 1024 bytes
• UD files are non hashed files
• jstat is the command that is used to determine the statistics of a hashed file in
jBASE
• jrf is the command that is used to resize hashed files in jBASE
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• User name and password are verified

bin config spooler lib tmp

Contains the directory where jBASE has been installed

Contains the path executables files of jBase

Data Portion Dict Portion

• Data File : Contains the records

41024 41024 41024 41024 41024 41024 4*1024

Data File Dict File

44096 44096 44096 44096 44096 44096 44096 44096

24096 24096 24096 24096

8192 8192 8192

• CREATE.FILE TEMENOS1 TYPE=UD

• f - free space display

• H# - Changes hash type to # (1-4)

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