Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Data Management:
Database Administration

PROUTIL DUMPSPECIFIED qualifier

Performs a binary dump of selected records.

Syntax

proutil db-name -C dumpspecified [owner-name.]table-name.field-name              operator field-value directory

Parameters

db-name

Specifies the database where the dump will occur. You must completely define the path.

owner-name

Specifies the owner of the table containing the data you want to dump. You must specify an owner name unless the table’s name is unique within the database, or the table is owned by PUB. By default, Progress 4GL tables are owned by PUB.

table-name

Specifies the name of the table containing the data you want to dump.

field-name

Specifies the name of the index field to be used to select the data you want to dump.

operator

Specifies the operator to be used: EQ (equals to), GT (greater than), LT (less than), GE (greater than or equal to), or LE (less than or equal to).

field-value

Specifies the value against which the field-name value will be compared.

directory

Specifies the name of the target directory where the data will be dumped. A directory must be specified.

Notes

If a field needs to be compared to a string containing other than alpha characters (including spaces or numbers), single quote the string. For example: ‘John Smith’, ‘11-14-2001’, or ‘25 Main St’.
Dumping the data using a character comparison is case-sensitive.
If specifying a monetary value, do not include the money unit. For example, instead of $5.50, enter 5.5.
If specifying a negative number, escape the minus sign with a backslash (\). For example: proutil testdb -C dumpspecified “PUB.Item.Item-NUM” LT “\-90”.
Dates must be entered as mm-dd-yyyy.
The value entered for field-name must be the name of an index field.