A. When databases are started with Personal Development Licenses:
The 'Personal' database can be run in client server mode, by starting the database server on the local machine and connect to it as a remote client from that same machine using -H -S parameters. There are specific limitations on the startup parameters as this licenses does not allow remote logins:
1. You cannot use the system name as the -H parameter when connecting from the client.
2. You must use "-H localhost" to connect the client to the Personal Database. The code was changed in Progress 9 on the server side to force the IP address of 127.0.0.1, when the database license does not allow remote connections. This is what limits the -H to localhost.
3. The database server is then bound to the loopback interface to prevent it from allowing network connections from clients on other machines. The only way to connect to the server is to use a host name that will resolve to the address 127.0.0.1 (localhost). The server is not listening on the normal "hostname" address to any client using -H "hostname", either local or remote, so it appears as though the server is not running, causing error
1432 Could not connect to server for database <DATABASE>, errno <ERRNO> or
704 There is no server active for database <database> on -H <hostname> -S <servicename>
4. It is not the Progress client that is license restricted, it is able to connect to any server that has remote logins enabled. The restriction is in the database server component. In other words, after starting the database multi-user mode with an OESTUDIO license (or any of the development licenses):
$ proserve dbname -S 4545
Two kinds of client connections are then allowed from the same server the database is started on:
- self service connections: mpro dbname
- client server connections: mpro dbname -S 4545 -H localhost
B. If connections from remote machines must be possible, install and start the database with a Workgroup or Enterprise Database License.
