Progress
Version 9
Product Update Bulletin
DBTool Utility
The DBTool utility allows Progress users to identify when the size of column data in the database exceeds the Data Dictionary definition and therefore the SQL
_width
value. The DBtool utility addresses this situation because it allows for the fast updating of Data Dictionary SQL_width
definitions.The following error message is reported to a SQL application when the SQL
_width
for a column exceeds the Data Dictionary definition:
The syntax for DBtool is:
To access DBTool from the command line:
- Type dbtool and the database name and press Enter. The DBTool option menu appears:
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- Select an option from the menu and press Enter.
Table H–1 describes the options available in the DBTool option menu.
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