Hi,

The Unload Database tool allows selection of data, structure, data/structure of Tables. But I cannot find a way to unload Events, Stored Procedures, Views, or Users unless I do a full unload of the entire database and then manually cut those portions out of the reload file.

Does SQL Anywhere offer a tool for this?

SPC

asked 24 Oct '12, 16:51

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Of course, you can also query the system tables to extract the definition of particular events, procedures, views etc.- However, this is usually a bit (but not much) more work than to use dbunload -n.

(25 Oct '12, 08:00) Volker Barth

Selecting the objects in Sybase Central and using copy is a fast way to put the SQL definition in the clipboard. One has to be careful btw., because triggers, indexes, ... are missing when you copy a table definition and in my view these "things" belong to a table.

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answered 25 Oct '12, 05:48

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edited 25 Oct '12, 05:49

"because triggers, indexes, ... are missing when you copy a table definition and in my view these "things" belong to a table."

It would be great if you could opt to get "everything".

(25 Oct '12, 13:06) Justin Willey

The options -n, -nl, and -no of the utility dbunload can be used to unload database structure informations.

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answered 25 Oct '12, 05:21

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The data you want is all in the system tables. Here's an example of how to unload the source code for all the stored procedures owned by DBA:

UNLOAD
SELECT STRING (
          '----------------------------------------------------------------\x0d\x0a-- ',
          proc_name,
          '\x0d\x0a----------------------------------------------------------------\x0d\x0a',
          COALESCE ( source, proc_defn ),
          '\x0d\x0a\x0d\x0a' ) 
  FROM SYSPROCEDURE 
 WHERE USER_NAME ( creator ) = 'DBA'
 ORDER BY proc_name
TO 'c:/temp/procedures.txt'
DELIMITED BY '' 
ESCAPES OFF 
HEXADECIMAL OFF 
QUOTES OFF;
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answered 25 Oct '12, 08:42

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Aside: This will unload stored functions as well as procedures and functions are stored in the same system tables (and their entries only differ in details).

(25 Oct '12, 08:52) Volker Barth
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