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Use

You can export application data and the database catalog from a MaxDB database instance, or you can import them into a MaxDB database instance.

Activities

The following table shows which database tools are suitable for which tasks.

Data Transfer

Task

Data Source

Data Target

Database Tool

Importing application data:

Including LONG columns

In different formats

Conversion from date and time formats

Conversion of NULL values

Mapping of character records

MaxDB database instance

File

Pipe

External medium, such as a tape

 

MaxDB database instance

 

Loader,
Exporting: Commands
Importing: Commands

Importing the database catalog

See above

MaxDB database instance

Loader, Exporting and Importing: Commands (see above)

Exporting application data:

Including LONG columns

In different formats

Conversion of date and time values

Conversion of NULL values

Mapping of character records

MaxDB database instance

MaxDB database instance

File

Pipe

External medium, such as a tape

 

Loader, Exporting and Importing: Commands (see above)

 

Export database catalog

MaxDB database instance

See above

Loader, Exporting and Importing: Commands (see above)

Importing application data:

Restricted LONG values (individually only)

from a script

File

MaxDB database instance

SQL Studio,

Importing and exporting LONG columns (see above)

Importing and exporting SQL statements (see above)

Importing definitions of database objects

File

MaxDB database instance

SQL Studio, Importing and exporting SQL statements (see above)

Exporting application data:

LONG values restricted (only individually or up to a certain length)

MaxDB database instance

File (text or table format)

SQL Studio,

Exporting and Importing LONG Columns

SQLCLI, Exporting a Result into a File

Exporting definitions of database objects

MaxDB database instance

File

SQL Studio, Exporting the Definition of a Database Object

Importing SQL statements

File

MaxDB database instance

SQL Studio, see above.

SQLCLI, see above.

Web SQL Studio, see above.

Exporting SQL statements

MaxDB database instance

File

SQL Studio, Importing and Exporting SQL Statements

Web SQL Studio, Exporting and Importing SQL Statements

Copying the whole database instance

MaxDB database instance

MaxDB database instance

Database Manager, see Database Copy

See also:

Backing Up and Restoring

Replication and High Availability

Administration

 

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