On 2019-03-02 08:14, Charlie-gm wrote:

> Ok, I haven't done this in a while, but I think I have done this a few

> ways.

>

> First, by "metadata" of the database, I assume you mean stored

> procedures, maybe table triggers, database comment field?

>

> I'll also assume you are trying to run from within an .exe (so

> commands like COPY PROCEDURES TO...  and APPEND PROCEDURES FROM ...

> will not be available)

>

> So...

>

> 1) if you know the "data model" of the dbc, you can open it like a

> table - then look for the metadata items you want (the stored

> procedure code, trigger code, etc). Do a SCATTER MEMO NAME ... Then

> open the other DBC as a table and do an APPEND FROM NAME ... After

> everything is copied that way I think you will want to do a PACK

> DATABASE or maybe VALIDATE DATABASE on the backup. I seem to recall

> doing that.

>

> 2) after you've copied all the tables, copy the "database files" with

> "COPY FILE <orig> TO <backup>" - copy the dbc, dct, and dcx this way.

> Again a PACK or VALIDATE database may be needed afterwards. And of

> course, be careful with this, test it out, etc. But I definitely used

> this approach before.

>

> 3) if you are not worried about the tables being opened at the time of

> doing the backup, you could just do the "COPY FILE <orig> TO <backup>"

> - that command allows paths in the from/to. Also, I think it allows

> wildcards, so you could do a complete copy in 1 command. Of course,

> the downside is the assumption of files being closed.

Hi Charlie,

I've got VFP available so COPY/APPEND PROCEDURES is available. So I

wrote a quick PRG and got the stored procedures just fine with

that...but the part that's missing now is the table-specific data like

default values (important as some call the usual newid('table') function

in the default PK field) and captions (not important).

--Mike

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