FreeTDS(February 28, 2008)                          FreeTDS(February 28, 2008)



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.

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.

       defncopy makes use of the db-lib API provided by FreeTDS. This API is
       of course also available to application developers.

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
       continue processing.

HISTORY
       defncopy first appeared in FreeTDS 0.63.

AUTHORS
       The defncopy utility was written by James K. Lowden
       <jklowden@schemamania.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
       implement. 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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