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NAMEdefncopy - extract procedures and views from a Microsoft server.
SYNOPSISdefncopy [-U username] [-P password] [-S server] [-D database]
[-i input_file] [-o output_file] [-v]
[owner.]object_name [[owner.]object_name...]
DESCRIPTIONdefncopy 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.
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.
NOTESdefncopy 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.
defncopy makes use of the db-lib API provided by FreeTDS. This API is
of course also available to application developers.
EXIT STATUSdefncopy 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.
HISTORYdefncopy 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.
Does not create primary keys.
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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