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IBM Domino Designer Basic User Guide and Reference
Basic product usage information and programming language reference information.
Lotus® Connectors
Lotus® Connectors provide native access to a wide variety of DBMS products, ODBC, the platform File system, Enterprise Resource Planning systems, and Transaction Processing systems.
LSX for Lotus® Connectors
LotusScrip Extensions for Lotus® Connectors (LC LSX) enhances the power of Notes® by extending its scripting to data outside of Notes through the use of Lotus Connectors. The programming model is independent of the individual connector. This eliminates the need to learn each individual system, while at the same time allowing experienced users to access the individual features of a specific system.
Appendix C Connector Properties
This chapter provides information about connector properties. These properties are used when creating connections using the Lotus® Connector LotusScript® Extensions.
Notes® Connector Properties
The following table defines the properties for the Connector for Notes®.
Processing Attachments Stored in Rich Text Fields
Notes® is primarily a document management system -- not a relational database management system (RDBMS). Because of this, Notes performs special handling for attachments stored in rich text fields. It stores the attachment data separately from the rich text field data. Currently you can only transfer attachments from Notes to Notes; rich text fields with attachments do not store correctly in the target RDBMS's such as DB2® and Oracle.

IBM Domino Designer Basic User Guide and Reference
Basic product usage information and programming language reference information.
- Accessibility and keyboard shortcuts
  Accessibility features assist users who have a disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use information technology content successfully.
- Application Design
  Welcome to the Application Design section of Domino® Designer Help.
- Application Management
  Welcome to the Application Management section of Domino® Designer Help.
- Domino® Query Language
  Domino Query Language (DQL) is a facility running in Domino core allowing for a terse shorthand syntax for finding documents according to a wide variety of complexity of terms. It leverages existing design elements without the need to write detailed code to access them.
- Composite Applications - Design and Management
  Composite applications are a key element in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) and contextual collaboration strategy. The ability to create and edit composite applications lets you easily integrate different types of components and technologies.
- DB2® Access views
  Domino® Designer includes two types of design elements to assist you in managing data contained in DB2® enabled Notes® databases:
- Programming Overview and User Interface
  This section contains general guidelines and examples that show where to use Java, LotusScript, and the formula language.
- Formula Language
  This section documents the formula language.
- LotusScript® Language
  Welcome to the LotusScript® Language section of Domino® Designer Help.
- LotusScript/COM/OLE Classes
- Java/CORBA Classes
  This section documents the Java/CORBA classes.
- Lotus® Connectors
  Lotus® Connectors provide native access to a wide variety of DBMS products, ODBC, the platform File system, Enterprise Resource Planning systems, and Transaction Processing systems.
  - Lotus® Connectors and Connectivity Guide
  - LSX for Lotus® Connectors
    LotusScrip Extensions for Lotus® Connectors (LC LSX) enhances the power of Notes® by extending its scripting to data outside of Notes through the use of Lotus Connectors. The programming model is independent of the individual connector. This eliminates the need to learn each individual system, while at the same time allowing experienced users to access the individual features of a specific system.
    - Chapter 1 Introduction
      This chapter provides an introduction to the LotusScript® Extension for Lotus® Connectors (LC LSX) and explains the organization of this manual.
    - Chapter 2 LCConnection Class
      This chapter provides information about the LCConnection class methods and properties.
    - Chapter 3 LCCurrency Class
      This chapter provides information about the LCCurrency class methods and properties.
    - Chapter 4 LCDatetime Class
      This chapter provides information about the LCDatetime class methods and properties.
    - Chapter 5 LCField Class
      This chapter provides information about the LCField class methods and properties.
    - Chapter 6 LCFieldlist Class
      This chapter provides information about the LCFieldlist class methods and properties.
    - Chapter 7 LCNumeric Class
      This chapter provides information about the LCNumeric class methods and properties.
    - Chapter 8 LCSession Class
      This chapter provides information about LCSession class methods and properties.
    - Chapter 9 LCStream Class
      This chapter provides information about the LCStream class methods and properties.
    - Appendix A Error Messages
      This appendix provides information about error messages.
    - Appendix B Connector Property Tokens
      This appendix provides information about the property tokens used in the LotusScript® Extensions (LC LSX).
    - Appendix C Connector Properties
      This chapter provides information about connector properties. These properties are used when creating connections using the Lotus® Connector LotusScript® Extensions.
      - Connector Properties
        This table describes the items included in the tables of connector properties.
      - Notes® Connector Properties
        The following table defines the properties for the Connector for Notes®.
        Notes® Connector Property Combinations
        The following are invalid combinations:
        Processing Attachments Stored in Rich Text Fields
        Notes® is primarily a document management system -- not a relational database management system (RDBMS). Because of this, Notes performs special handling for attachments stored in rich text fields. It stores the attachment data separately from the rich text field data. Currently you can only transfer attachments from Notes to Notes; rich text fields with attachments do not store correctly in the target RDBMS's such as DB2® and Oracle.
        Notes® Virtual Fields
        Notes® recognizes a set of virtual fields -- fields which are interpreted differently by the Notes connector than by other connectors. To use these virtual fields, either set the virtual code of the relevant fields to the Notes connector virtual code (obtain the property LCTOKEN_CONNECTOR_CODE from a Notes connection, and set that code into the properly names field using the LCField.SetVirtualCode method), or use one of the Notes properties which adds a virtual field to the result set. The virtual fields supported by Notes are described as follows:
      - DB2® Connector Properties
        This table defines the properties for the Lotus® Connector for DB2®.
      - File System Connector Properties
        The following table defines the properties for the Lotus® Connector for File System.
      - ODBC Connector Properties
        The following table defines the properties for the Lotus® Connector for ODBC.
      - Oracle Connector Properties
        The following table defines the properties for the Lotus® Connector for Oracle.
      - OLE DB Connector Properties
        The following table defines the properties for the Lotus® Connector for OLE DB.
      - Sybase Connector Properties
        The following table defines the properties for the Lotus® Connector for Sybase.
    - Appendix D Character Sets
      This appendix provides information about character sets, including character set translation, character sort order, and a list of the character sets supported by the Lotus® Connector LotusScript® Extensions (LC LSX).
    - Appendix E Additional Scripting Capability for LEI
      This appendix provides information about additional methods and properties provided for IBM® Lotus Enterprise Integrator® (LEI) with the LCSession class that expand on the IBM Lotus® Connector LotusScript® Extensions (LC LSX).
  - Accessing external databases through LS:DO
    LS:DO has been in maintenance mode since R5. Developers are advised not to use it. Developers should use the Lotus® Connector LSX for (LCLSX) when accessing external data sources.
- Javadoc™ for Domino® Designer related APIs
  As part of providing additional Java™ reference documentation, Domino® Designer ships with a help plugin that contains Javadoc™ for additional Domino Designer related APIs.

Processing Attachments Stored in Rich Text Fields

Notes® is primarily a document management system -- not a relational database management system (RDBMS). Because of this, Notes® performs special handling for attachments stored in rich text fields. It stores the attachment data separately from the rich text field data. Currently you can only transfer attachments from Notes® to Notes®; rich text fields with attachments do not store correctly in the target RDBMS's such as DB2® and Oracle.

You can use the Extract File Attachments option to save attachments to files on disk. You can then use LotusScript® to read the files, store their contents in LCFields, and save the LCFields to binary fields in a RDBMS. This level of scripting requires LotusScript® expertise.