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NAME
defncopy - extract procedures and views from a Microsoft server.
SYNOPSIS
defncopy [-U username] [-P password] [-S server] [-D database]
[-i input_file] [-o output_file] [-v]
[owner.]object_name [[owner.]object_name...]
DESCRIPTION
defncopy is a utility program distributed with FreeTDS. It replaces a
similar program of the same name distributed by Sybase.
defncopy reads the text of a stored procedure or view, and writes a
script suitable for recreating the procedure or view. For tables, it
reads the output of sp_help and constructs a CREATE TABLE statement,
complete
with CREATE INDEX, too.
It does not create primary keys (although it could, patches wel-
come).
defncopy makes use of the db-lib API provided by FreeTDS. This API is
of course also available to application developers.
OBJECTS
owner is optional if you or the database owner is the owner of the
procedure/view being copied.
object_name
is the name of the system object you wish to extract.
OPTIONS
-U username
database server login name.
-P password
database server password.
-S server
database server to which to connect.
-D database
database to use. Optional if the procedure/view being extracted
is in your default database.
-i input_file
a script to apply to the database. Not currently implemented.
-o output_file
a file to hold the script, defaults to standard output.
-v Show version information and copyright notice.
NOTES
defncopy is a filter; it reads from standard input, writes to standard
output, and writes errors to standard error. The -i and -o options
override these, of course.
EXIT STATUS
defncopy exits 0 on success, and >0 if the server cannot process the
query.
defncopy will report any errors returned by the server, but will con-
tinue processing.
HISTORY
defncopy first appeared in FreeTDS 0.63.
AUTHORS
The defncopy utility was written by James K. Lowden <jklowden@schemama-
nia.org>
BUGS
Works only with Microsoft servers and ancient Sybase servers.
Many options are defined by Sybase that this version does not imple-
ment. Feel free to correct this situation.
In theory, defncopy could apply/produce DDL for any system object, but
at present only tables, procedures and views are supported, and only
for extraction.
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