Chapter 2. Create a VDB Interactively

Explanation of the Commands Used in this Example

list

shows all children at the CLI context. (The workspace in this example initially contains no children.)

create-vdb SampleVDB

create a VDB named SampleVDB.

cd SampleVDB

change directory to go into the SampleVDB.

add-model Model1

add a model named Model1 to the VDB.

cd Model1

navigate into the Model1 CLI context.

add-table Table1

add a table named Table1 within Model1.

cd Table1

navigate into the Table1 CLI context.

show-summary

shows a summary of the current cli context, (in this case it is Table1). Show summary will show the object properties, as well as its children.

add-column Col1

add column named Col1 within Table1.

add-column Col2

add column named Col2 within Table1.

cd Col1

navigates into column Col1.

set-property datatypeName string

this sets the Col1 datatype to string.

cd ../Col2

navigates up a level, then down into the Col2 column.

set-property datatypeName string

sets Col2 datatype to string.

cd ..

navigates up one level.

show-children

show the children of the current context Table1. Notice the child columns that were created.

workspace

navigates to the workspace root context.

list

list the workspace children. (It now contains the SampleVDB.)