The Essential FDO

What Is the Feature Data Objects API?

Objectives

Related Documentation

Provider Overview

System Requirements

Operating System and RDBMS Client Software

Development Environment Software

Windows XP, SP2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3

C++ Memory Management

Collections

Getting Started

Install FDO

Open Source Edition

Enterprise Edition

Setup the Application Development Environment

Windows

Headers

Libraries

Dynamically Linked Libraries

Symbol Table Files (Program Database Files)

Source

Linux

Access the API Reference Documentation

Write the Code to Connect to a Provider

Create a Provider Registry

Create a Connection Manager

Get the Connection Properties

Get Values for the Connection Properties

Set the Connection Properties

Open a Connection

Open a Pending Connection

Next Steps

ArcSDE Provider

MySQL Provider

SDF, SHP and ODBC Providers

WFS and WMS Providers

Capabilities API

Command Capabilities

User Management API

User Management Capabilities

Data Store Management API

Spatial Context API

Glossary

Tolerance

The Open Source Providers

System Requirements

Software

Disk Space and Memory

Windows XP, SP2

Linux

Connection API

Command Capabilities

User Management API

SQL Commands

Data Store Management API

Spatial Context API

Exception Messages

Connection Not Established

Incorrect usage of DB GRANT and GLOBAL PRIVILEGES

Installing RDBMS Clients Used By The Open Source Providers

Introduction

Installing and Configuring an ArcSDE Client on Windows

Installation

Configuration

Installing and Configuring an ArcSDE Client on Linux

Installation

Configuration

Installing and Configuring the MySQL Client on Windows

Installation

Configuration

Installing and Configuring the MySQL on Linux

Installation

Configuration

Installing and Configuring ODBC on Linux

Installation of the Driver Manager