Re: Simple questions about Import/Export

"Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote:

>In that case you probably already have the database.
>Try to start it and see what happens.
>No need to perform the export import route if it works, you already have a
>clone.

Yes you are right, but from time to time one has to update the "test" DB so to synchronize it with the "prod" DB, so my question was about later actions.
>>
>> I don't know if an import would overwrite the content of "test" with
>> the content of "prod" or if the data will be just added (I need an
>> exact copy, so it should overwrite);
>>
>
>The data will be added, but if "test" empty that doesn't matter. The
>dictionary is never exported, but recreated during export.

OK, that would be bad if data is just added, so I would have to "empty" the test DB somehow before importing data from the "prod" DB. How would I do that?

Thanks

Rick Received on Fri Oct 12 2001 - 23:42:58 CEST