Outputs the contents of the PPX server runtime database to a file.

DWORD ppxShowDB ( CTAHD ctahd )

ctahd Context handle returned by ctaCreateContext.

• SUCCESS
• CTAERR_OUT_OF_MEMORY
  Unable to allocate memory.
• PPXERR_COMM_FAILURE
  Problems were encountered when communicating with the PPX server.

None.

This function causes the PPX server to output the contents of its runtime connection database to either \nms\ctaccess\ppxdb.log, by default in Windows NT/Windows 2000, or /var/opt/nms/ctaccess/ppxdb.log in UNIX.

A sample ppxShowDB output follows.

• The connection object address is provided, rather than the connection handle, since only a matching connection address shows a shared connection between clients.

• Switch numbers are not shown with the bus point (such as CTBUS:0:0) because bus points are not really owned by one particular switch.

• The line, 2:LOCAL:1:6 <= CTBUS:0:31, appears in the sample output. This means the talker point on the switch is connected to the intermediate bus point CTBUS:0:31 to drive the local point 1:6.

• A client ID of PPXSERV represents an internal context for those connections that are setup by the server based upon the configuration file.

• A client ID of 0xFFFFFFFFF indicates that either the connection is an unnailed connection setup through the PPX configuration file, or it is a named connection that can be modified by any application.

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Fri Jan 22 10:08:04 1999          CT Access PPX Runtime Database
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Client Contexts Held by Context Manager
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 Client ID 0x5001001   Context State Information:
     Submit Pending 0 PPXErr 0 SWIErr 0 Restore 0 Shutdown 0

     Number of connections in use 0:

 Client ID 0x3001001   Context State Information:
     Submit Pending 0 PPXErr 0 SWIErr 0 Restore 0 Shutdown 0

     Number of connections in use 2:
     PPXHD 0x80001  ConnObj Address 0x69cf20
     PPXHD 0x90002  ConnObj Address 0x6a6c50

 Client ID 0x1001001   Context State Information:
     Submit Pending 0 PPXErr 0 SWIErr 0 Restore 0 Shutdown 0

     Number of connections in use 1:
     PPXHD 0x70001  ConnObj Address 0x69cf20

 Client ID PPXSRV  Context State Information:
     Submit Pending 0 PPXErr 0 SWIErr 0 Restore 0 Shutdown 0

     Number of connections in use 6:
     PPXHD 0x10001  ConnObj Address 0x69bb60
     PPXHD 0x20002  ConnObj Address 0x69ec50
     PPXHD 0x30003  ConnObj Address 0x69f380
     PPXHD 0x40004  ConnObj Address 0x69f9b0
     PPXHD 0x50005  ConnObj Address 0x69f770
     PPXHD 0x60006  ConnObj Address 0x69be40


Connection Objects Held by Connection Manager
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 ConnObj Address 0x69bb60  Client ID: PPXSRV  DefPattern 0x7f
     UNNAMED           Talker:    0:LOCAL:0:2 
                  Listener(s):    0:LOCAL:5:2 

 ConnObj Address 0x69ec50  Client ID: PPXSRV  DefPattern 0x7f
     UNNAMED           Talker:    0:LOCAL:4:2 
                  Listener(s):    0:LOCAL:1:2 

 ConnObj Address 0x69f380  Client ID: PPXSRV  DefPattern 0x7f
     UNNAMED           Talker:    0:LOCAL:2:2 
                  Listener(s):    0:LOCAL:7:2 

 ConnObj Address 0x69f9b0  Client ID: PPXSRV  DefPattern 0x7f
     UNNAMED           Talker:    0:LOCAL:6:2 
                  Listener(s):    0:LOCAL:3:2 

 ConnObj Address 0x69f770  Client ID: 0xffffffff DefPattern 0x7f
     UNNAMED           Talker:    0:LOCAL:0:4 
                  Listener(s):    0:LOCAL:5:4 

 ConnObj Address 0x69be40  Client ID: 0xffffffff DefPattern 0x7f
     UNNAMED           Talker:    0:LOCAL:4:4 
                  Listener(s):    0:LOCAL:1:4 

 ConnObj Address 0x69cf20  Client ID: 0xffffffff DefPattern 0xff
     Name: OnHold Reference Count: 2
                  Talker:         0:LOCAL:0:6 
                  Listener(s):    0:LOCAL:5:6 
                                  1:LOCAL:1:6  <=  CTBUS:0:31 
                                  1:LOCAL:1:4  <=  CTBUS:0:31 

 ConnObj Address 0x6a6c50  Client ID: 0x3001001 DefPattern 0x7f
     UNNAMED           Talker:    1:LOCAL:0:0 
                  Listener(s):    CTBUS:5:0 

State of switches in Fabric:
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     SWIHD 0x1      Switch #: 0  Dev#: 0 DevName: agsw   State: Enabled
     SWIHD 0x10002  Switch #: 1  Dev#: 0 DevName: atsdrv State: Enabled