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Dumping Data Definitions
Follow these steps to dump data definitions:
- Choose Admin
Dump Data and Definitions
Data Definitions (.df file). Progress alphabetically lists all the tables defined for your database.
- Select the table for which you want to dump the definitions or type ALL.
If you type ALL, the .df file will also contain the sequence and auto-connect record definitions, but not the collation/conversion table. Progress displays a default name for the output file into which you can dump your data definitions (hidden tables are not dumped). This default file is the name of the dump file you specified when you created the table or, for multiple tables, the database name with the .df extension. Progress truncates file names to eight characters.
NOTE: When you dump only one table, the table’s dump name becomes the default for its corresponding contents dump file. For example, if you select the Order-line table, the default filename for its corresponding contents dump file isorder-line.d
. If you specify to dump all the tables, the default name for the file contents is db-name.d
. See "Table Tasks," for information on how to dump table contents.- Specify the filename or use the default value.
- Specify the code page or accept the default, which is the value specified by the SESSION:STREAM or SESSION:CHARSET attribute, then choose OK. For more information on the SESSION:STREAM or SESSION:CHARSET attributes, see the chapter on user environments in the Progress Client Deployment Guide .
Progress displays each object name as it writes its definition to the .df file. Progress displays a status message and prompts you to continue.
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