Updating the Index - Background DML

As in pre-8.1, a ctxsrv process must be running to process DML automatically. When ctxsrv is running, it updates the 8.1 Text index whenever there is an insert, delete, or update to the base table. This is known as background DML processing.

The following example starts a server and writes all server messages to a file named ctx.log:

ctxsrv -user ctxsys/ctxsys -personality M -log ctx.log &

See Also: To learn more about background DML with ctxsrv, see the specification for ctxsrv in the Oracle8i interMedia Text Reference.