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HCL Domino Designer XPages User Guide
This guide focuses on the aspects of creating applications using XPages technology.
Designing XPages applications
HCL Domino® Designer provides the means to populate an XPage with controls and other artifacts, and to associate an XPage with data stores.
Binding and submitting data
The data store for XPages is Domino®. You can access the data store through Domino forms and views.
Relational Database Management (RDBMS) Support using XPages
When using XPages with the Relational Database Management Support (RDBMS) feature (found in the Extension Library as a plugin), you can directly connect to any relational database that supports a JDBC driver.
Using logging with RDBMS
The logging feature in the RDBMS plugin lets you test the actual switching being made between connection pools.

HCL Domino Designer XPages User Guide
This guide focuses on the aspects of creating applications using XPages technology.
- Product overview
  HCL Domino® Designer supports applications development for the HCL Domino platform using XPages, forms, views, and other elements such as controls.
- Tutorials
  This section contains tutorials and information about tutorials.
- Administering applications
  HCL Domino Designer provides features for administering and managing your work and related files while developing your application projects.
- Designing XPages applications
  HCL Domino® Designer provides the means to populate an XPage with controls and other artifacts, and to associate an XPage with data stores.
  - Previewing and running XPages
    XPages run in Domino® server and Notes® client environments. From Domino Designer, you can preview XPages in both environments.
  - Adding controls
    Controls are visual elements such as edit boxes, buttons, images, and text that allow users to manipulate data on an XPage.
  - Adding controls from the XPages Extension Library
    The XPages Extension Library provides additional controls ready to use. The controls include an application layout object, an improved dialog, pickers, in place forms, Dojo components, dynamic content, and much more. The controls support enhancements to the Domino(r)® templates.
  - Binding and submitting data
    The data store for XPages is Domino®. You can access the data store through Domino forms and views.
    - Defining data sources
      An XPage can contain data sources based on Domino® forms and views.
    - Binding data elements
      XPages controls can be bound to elements of data sources.
    - Submitting and retrieving data
      Bound data items can be submitted to their data sources as new and replacement documents.
    - Document encryption and decryption in Domino® using XPages
      Domino® lets documents be encrypted on the web using XPages.
    - Relational Database Management (RDBMS) Support using XPages
      When using XPages with the Relational Database Management Support (RDBMS) feature (found in the Extension Library as a plugin), you can directly connect to any relational database that supports a JDBC driver.
      - Creating and Consuming Database Connections using XPages
        XPages uses a connection pool to make the most efficient use of database connections. This method allows for a pluggable architecture that can be used for different implementations.
      - Setting up the RDBMS feature to connect to your application
        The XPages RDBMS feature is installed as part of the product installation process. This topic describes how to do the initial setup required to connect your application to the RDBMS feature.
      - Making use of the RDBMS extension mechanism
        An extension mechanism is part of the RDBMS feature so that you add new connection pools in a more flexible and easy way.
      - Using logging with RDBMS
        The logging feature in the RDBMS plugin lets you test the actual switching being made between connection pools.
  - Adding images, styles, and themes
    You can enhance your design with images, styles, and themes.
  - Responsive web design support in XPages
    The XPages Extension Library supports Bootstrap, a Responsive Web Design (RWD) framework. This support comes in the form of an XPages Responsive Bootstrap plugin that you can use in your XPages applications.
- Designing composite applications
  You can create composite applications from XPages.
- Programming
  XPages uses JavaScript™ for programming while the forms-based design elements use the formula language, LotusScript®, Java™, and JavaScript.

Using logging with RDBMS

The logging feature in the RDBMS plugin lets you test the actual switching being made between connection pools.

Logging with RDBMS is performed by the RelationalLogger class, which is used to expose the LogMgr related to the com.ibm.xsp.extlib.relational package. Depending on the logging level set on the server, logging messages will be output for the following:

when exceptions or errors occur
when warnings occur
when informational logging messages are generated
when debugging messages are generated

To change the level of the logging, set the com.ibm.xsp.extlib.relational.level=<LEVEL> in the lolrcpinstall.properties file inside the <DOMINO_INST_DIR>/data/domino/workspace/.config/ directory. The list of supported levels include the following: SEVERE, WARNING, INFO, CONFIG, FINE, FINER, and FINEST.

An example of when to use this feature would be during the creation of a data source. In this example, if the logging level is set to FINEST, the feature logs which connection pool type is being used, JdbcPool or DbcpPool.