Progress
Database Administration
Guide and Reference


PROSTRCT CREATE Qualifier

Creates a void Progress database from a previously defined structure description (ST) file. The newly created database does not contain any Progress metaschema information. Rather, it consists of the database control (DB) area and whatever primary recovery (BI), after-image (AI), two-phase commit transaction log (TL), and application data (Dn) areas you defined in the ST file.

After you create a void database, you must add metaschema information. Therefore, Progress provides empty databases each the size of a supported database block size. The empty database and the database you want to copy it to must have the same block size.

NOTE: Never use operating system file commands to copy a Progress Version 9 database. Instead, use the PROCOPY or PRODB utilities.

SYNTAX

Operating System
Syntax
UNIX
Windows
prostrct create db-name  [ structure-description-file ] 
                         [ -blocksize blocksize ] 

db-name

Specifies the Progress database you want to create.

structure-description-file

Specifies the structure description (ST) file you want Progress to access for file information.

-blocksize

Specifies the Progress database block size in bytes (for example -blocksize 1024). The maximum number of indexes allowed in a database is based on the database blocksize. For more information of database limits, see Progress Database Limits."

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