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Start the Database

To allow NCL access to the database, the NDB START command must be used to keep the database active:

NDB START dbname [DEFER | NODEFER] [LOADMODE]

If the database is to be bulk-loaded (described in Task 9), consider using the DEFER option of the NDB START command. This option tells the database manager not to flush buffers after each update command (including &NDBADD, &NDBDEL, &NDBUPD), which improves performance at the expense of integrity. The DEFER option of the NDB START command is effective only if the database was opened with the UDBCTL command using the LSR and DEFER options. The LOADMODE option can be used to indicate that bulk-loading is to occur.