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11 <title>Connecting to an LTPDA Repository (LTPDA Toolbox)</title>
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15 "Presents an overview of the features, system requirements, and starting the toolbox.">
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21 <p style="font-size:1px;">&nbsp;</p>
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26 <td valign="baseline"><b>LTPDA Toolbox</b></td><td><a href="../helptoc.html">contents</a></td>
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30 "bottom" alt="What is an LTPDA Repository"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=
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32 "bottom" alt="Submitting LTPDA objects to a repository"></a></td>
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36 <h1 class="title"><a name="f3-12899" id="f3-12899"></a>Connecting to an LTPDA Repository</h1>
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42 Connection to an LTPDA Repository is normally carried out as part of other processes. For example, when submitting an
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43 object to the repository using the <tt>submit</tt> command, the user is prompted to login to the chosen repository.
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45 <p>
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46 It is also possible to connect to a repository using a script interface. The result is a connection object which can
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47 be passed to other methods (for example, <tt>submit</tt>), thus allowing the construction of more automated procedures
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48 for interacting with repositories.
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51 To connect to a repository using the script interface, us the command <tt>utils.jmysql.connect</tt>. It takes the following input arguments:
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55 <td><tt>hostname</tt></td><td>A hostname for the repository</td>
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58 <td><tt>dbname</tt></td><td>A database name to connect to</td>
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61 <td><tt>username</tt></td><td>[optional] A username to connect with</td>
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64 <td><tt>username</tt></td><td>[optional] A password to connect with</td>
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68 <br> If you don't supply them as input arguments, you will then be prompted for a
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69 valid username and password.
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70 <br>
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71 The result is a <tt>mpipeline.repository.RepositoryConnection</tt> object which can be further used to interact with the repository.
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73 To disconnect from the server, use the <tt>closeConnection</tt> method of the <tt>mpipeline.repository.RepositoryConnection</tt> class:
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75 <div class="fragment"><pre>
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98 <td align="right">Submitting LTPDA objects to a repository</td>
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106 <p class="copy">&copy;LTP Team</p>
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