Server and Database Names

Use the -n command line switch as a server switch (to name the server). This prevents you from unintentionally connecting to the wrong server.

The server and database names are among the connection parameters that client applications can use when connecting to a database. On Windows, the server name appears on the desktop icon and on the title bar of the server window.

• Default Server Names
  If no server name is provided, the default server name is the name of the first database started.
• Database Names
  You can name databases by supplying a -n switch following the database file. For example, the following command line starts a database and names it:
• Server Names
  You name the server by supplying a -n switch before the first database file. (The rest of the parameters are added from the default.cfg file.) For example, the following command line starts a server named Cambridge_iqdemo and the iqdemo database on that server:
• Case Sensitivity and Naming Conventions
  Server names and database names are case insensitive on Windows, and case sensitive on UNIX.