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    12 <task id="GUID-83E4F989-0B73-5E83-8547-AB3070492CBF" xml:lang="en"><title>What

    13 is the Comms Database?</title><shortdesc>The Comms Database contains the information necessary to configure

    14 components in the comms stack. </shortdesc><prolog><metadata><keywords/></metadata></prolog><taskbody>

    15 <context><p>The Comms Database has a set of parameters used

    16 to configure communications on Symbian OS. The information stored in the Comms

    17 Database is used to configure components in the comms stack. Information such

    18 as connection preferences, account settings and some of the linkage between

    19 components can be set in the comms stack. The configuration data is stored

    20 in records in database tables. The data also has data schema to define the

    21 tables. For more information and a full list of the settings in the Comms Database,

    22 see the <xref href="GUID-58089281-9DD0-502D-8DFD-831E7BAA931E.dita">Reference</xref></p><p>The

    23 Comms Database is configured in one of the following ways: </p> <ul>

    24 <li id="GUID-3CFE8D23-F087-54D1-A6F3-83EDD0510609"><p>It is compiled from

    25 a definition file into a binary file to ship in the ROM of a device. For more

    26 information about how to compile the default version of the database see <xref href="GUID-00696F18-F1C8-5810-A9F9-E7215CA451A4.dita">Configuring comms database

    27 using CED and CEDDUMP</xref>. </p> </li>

    28 <li id="GUID-9FACDEE5-5DD7-5118-9C50-84857A379083"><p>It is modified from

    29 the original ROM version via runtime changes made through the Comms Database

    30 (CommsDat) API. For more information about the CommsDat API, see the <xref href="GUID-A19A1F43-E42B-5FC2-AE58-A7BC67B6733A.dita">Migrating from CommDb to

    31 the CommsDat API</xref>. </p> </li>

    32 </ul> <p>For more information about the Comms Database, see <xref href="GUID-BD971173-E009-58DA-AF9C-F4AAFF77B138.dita">Comms

    33 Database</xref>. </p> </context>

    34 </taskbody></task>