Connections That the Database Server Supports

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Connections That the Database Server Supports

The database server supports the following types of connections to communicate between client applications and a database server

Connection Type	Local	Network
Sockets	X	X
TLI (TCP/IP)	X	X
TLI (IPX/SPX)	X	X
Shared memory	X
Stream pipe	X

On many UNIX platforms, the database server supports multiple network programming interfaces. To check which interface/protocol combinations the database server supports for your operating system, check the machine notes. The section "Machine Specific Notes" describes interface/protocol combinations that are available on your platform, similar to the following example:

Machine Specific Notes:
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1. The following interface/protocol combinations(s) are supported for 
this platform:

             Berkeley sockets using TCP/IP

To set up a client connection

Specify connectivity configuration parameters in your ONCONFIG file.
Set up appropriate entries in the connectivity files on your platform.
Specify connectivity environment variables in your UNIX initialization scripts.
Define a dbserver group for your database server in the sqlhosts file.

The following sections describe database server connection types in more detail. For detailed information about implementing the connections described in the following sections, refer to the following topics: