Use on Shared PCs

SQL Direct is a single user tool. Once you have logged in to PDMS through any of the SQL Direct tools, it is not possible for another user to log in during the same session, or for you to access PDMS with a different connection string from the one you logged in with. Other login details will be rejected with "access denied" errors.

• To access SQL Direct with new user credentials, you must first shutdown PDMS Server in one of the following ways:

  • Through the SQL Direct Configuration Tools menu.

  • By closing the "PDMS Command Line" window (if visible).

  • By executing the following command from a command prompt window:

    <SQL Direct install path>PDMS Server /STOP

  Once PDMS Server has been shut down, you can either restart PDMS Server through the SQL Direct Configuration Tools menu, or allow it to start up automatically as required.