Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Data Management:
Database Administration

Dumping database contents

Once you dump the database’s definitions, you dump the contents of each database object. When you dump database contents, you can dump the following:

Table contents.
Sequence values.
User table contents.
SQL View File contents.
Note: For a complete description of dumping and loading SQL content, see Chapter 24, " SQL Utilities."

The OpenEdge RDBMS provides two methods of dumping database contents: you can use the PROUTIL utility to dump the data in binary format, or you can use the Data Administration tool user interface to dump the data in text format. Dumping the data in binary format with PROUTIL is generally faster.