Database Creation

You have many options when it comes to creating a database with Raima. The software provides the rdm-create command, the DDL commands through the rdm-sql interface or in application, and the rdm-compile command. Most of the options are interchangeable and the decision will be based on your applications requirements.

In order for the database to be opened by RDM, the database must first exist! Of course, there are some API specific exceptions to this rule which we will cover in the following sections.