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.
-HTH,
-Charlie
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On 2/27/2019 12:22 PM, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:
I can easily do something like this:
CREATE DATABASE C:\Backup\MyDBC.dbc
OPEN DATABASE C:\Production\MyDBC.dbc
liNumTables = adbobjects(laTables,'TABLE')
for ii = 1 to liNumTables
lcFile = forceext("C:\BACKUP\" + laTables[ii],'dbf')
use laTables[ii]
copy to (lcFile) database C:\Backup\MyDBC.dbc with cdx
use
endfor
...and that would get me a copy of all of the tables with their indexes.
Great. But what's the easiest way to get all of the DBC meta-data
into that new Backup database copy? I can't USE the MyDBC.dbc and do a
COPY TO as that only makes the result a DBF and FPT.
Trying to think about a good disaster recovery plan (besides using
CleverFox from Rick Schummer and Frank Perez...which is probably the
best option!) for automating backups at the client who just got that
ransomware virus.
tia,
--Mike
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