Error when creating Db through Data Admin

[ibrowne]

Hello,

I am very new to Openedge (using trial version) and relatively new to Db administration. I'd like to create a new Db called "aes_db" but when I try to do it through the Data Administration tool I get a connection error. It looks like it's trying to copy schema from an existing Db, but I have no OE databases on my system, I want to create my first one. Here are some screen shots:
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http://screensnapr.com/v/yYVpJT.jpg

Can anyone help me?

 

[Cringer]

In the DLC directory there should be a number of empty dbs with different block sizes that you can use.

 

[tamhas]

All DBs are a copy of something, even if just the empty* dbs Cringer refers to. The metaschema has to come from somewhere.

 

[the_help]

Did you happen to try disconnecting from your working database before you attempted to create a new database? That worked for me, but then, I was trying to recreate/replace an existing one (the one i was connected to)

 

[Rob Fitzpatrick]

It sounds like the DLC may not be set correctly, if it cannot find empty.db.

You could try running proenv from the OpenEdge group in the Start menu. Navigate to your desired directory. Then at the command prompt type "prodb aes_db empty". That will create your database in the current directory.

 

[Mike Derrick]

RE: Rob's post above - I've always used a "%dlc%\" before the name of the empty database in the proenv command window.
i.e. proenv> prodb aes_db %dlc%\empty

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Actually, it looks like it works fine with "prodb". I always use "procopy" to copy the empty db into my void db, and "procopy" does seem to need the "%dlc%".