SMA components

The Shared Memory Access (SMA) driver library and SMA server application are included in the solidDB software package, see solidDB directory structure and contents.

For SMA with Java, you also require the solidDB JDBC driver in which the JDBC driver and solidDB proprietary control classes are embedded, see solidDB JDBC driver.

The library contains the entire solidDB server, except that it is in the form of a callable library instead of a stand-alone executable program. The same libraries are used for both C/ODBC applications and Java/JDBC applications; the driver library that you require depends on your operating system platform.

– Static library: solidimpsma.lib(an import library file that gives you access to the dynamic library file). If you link to the SMA driver directly (without the driver manager), you should use this library.

– Symbolic link: libssolidsmaver.so (gives you access to the dynamic library)

The SMA driver library for all platforms contains the following components:

▪ solidDB ODBC driver functions to communicate directly with the server library, without going through the network.

▪ solidDB Control (SSC) API library functions to start and shut down the SMA server.

▪ solidDB API (SA) library functions, for example, to insert, delete, and select records from a table.

Since your application links to a library that contains these APIs, your application program can call functions from any combination of these APIs. For details on each of these APIs, see solidDB APIs and drivers for SMA and LLA.

Note Although remote applications also have access to the same APIs (ODBC, SSC, and SA), the functions for these APIs are not all in the same file. For information about remote and dual role applications, read Configurations with local and remote applications. For information about API files for remote applications, read solidDB APIs and drivers for SMA and LLA.

The server application that you run depends on your operating system platform: