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Docker image of the HFSQL server
A Docker container with the HFSQL server is available on Docker Hub...
Notifications of an HFSQL server
A server may encounter problems without any user (or developer) noticing anything.
For example:
  • a scheduled task may fail,
  • an automatic backup may fail,
  • a node may become inactive in an HFSQL cluster, ...
HFSQL and Docker
Docker is a software platform that allows you to run applications in software containers on Linux (Docker runs like a daemon)...
<Connection variable>.StartServerUpdate (Function)
Used to immediately start the automatic server update.
HServerMaintenance (Function)
Checks and optimizes the system tables of an HFSQL server.
HManageServerUpdate (Function)
Allows you to manage the automatic update of HFSQL Client/Server servers and to define how often to check for updates.
<Connection variable>.OperationInProgress (Function)
Returns the list of automatic operations in progress on an HFSQL server.
HOperationInProgress (Function)
Returns the list of automatic operations in progress on an HFSQL server.
<Connection variable>.ManageServerUpdate (Function)
Used to manage the automatic update of HFSQL Client/Server servers by specifying the check frequency regarding the availability of updates.
<Connection variable>.ServerMaintenance (Function)
Checks and optimizes the system tables of an HFSQL server.
InStoredProcedureMode (Function)
Indicates whether the code is run on an HFSQL server.
Installing an HFSQL Client/Server server with an application
When creating the setup program of a WINDEV application using HFSQL Client/Server tables, the wizard allows you to...
HListServer (Function)
Lists the HFSQL servers installed on a computer.
HStartServerUpdate (Function)
Used to immediately start the automatic server update.
<Source>.RecordToXML (Function)
Retrieves the structure and the value of the current record and exports them into a character string in XML format.
<Source>.RecordToJSON (Function)
Retrieves the structure and value of the current record and exports them into a string in JASON format.
<Source>.ExecuteQueryAsynchronous (Function)
Executes a SELECT query asynchronously.
<Source>.SavePosition (Function)
Stores the current context of a table: current record, filter, read pointers.
<Source>.CheckUnaltered (Function)
Checks that one or all records in an unalterable table have not been modified (e.g. with a hexadecimal editor).
<Source>.JSONToRecord (Function)
Imports JSON data into the current record.
<Source>.State (Function)
Used to find out the state of a record.
<Source>.Mode (Function)
Changes the mode and the method for locking tables.
HDBDescribeField (Function)
Describes through programming each item found in the structure of an xBase file described by HDBDescribeFile.
Customizing the WEBDEV User Groupware
The groupware in automatic mode offers several possibilities......
HTTP functions
List of HTTP functions...
restResponse (Variable type)
The restResponse type is used to define all the advanced characteristics of a REST response.
HInfoAnalysis (Function)
Returns information about an analysis (WDD file).
<Source>.RestorePosition (Function)
Restores the context of a previously saved file (HSavePosition): current record, filter, pointers.
<Source>.DeactivateAutoFilter (Function)
Disables an automatic filter on the linked files when browsing an XML file.
<Source>.Seek (Function)
Positions on the first record of the data file whose value for a specific item is greater than or equal to a sought value (generic search by default).
ServiceWriteEventLog (Function)
Writes an event into the log of Windows events.