Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Basic Database Tools

Table Contents (.d file)

Choose this option to dump table contents. The Data Dictionary alphabetically lists all the tables defined for your database. When you select only one table, the Data Dictionary displays the Dump Data Contents dialog box for that table. If you select multiple tables, the Data Dictionary displays the Dump Data Contents for Some Tables dialog box as shown in Figure 10–1.

Figure 10–1: Dump Data Contents for Some Tables dialog box

The Dump Data Contents for Some Tables dialog box contains the following fields:

Output Directory or Output File

Specifies the output directory if you choose to dump multiple tables. Specifies the output file if you choose to dump only one table. The default filename for each table is the dump filename you specified when you created the table, or table-name.d.

Include LOB

The Data Dictionary also provides the option of specifying an LOB directory. If you select yes, the Data Dictionary prompts you to provide the name of the LOB directory.

Character Mapping

Specifies the type of character mapping:

Default Map — Specifies the default mapping.
Map — Specifies the character mapping. Enter the type of mapping in the fill-in field. For example, MAP laserwriter/french or MAP hp2/spanish/italian.
NO MAP — Specifies not to perform any character mapping.
Code-Page

Specifies the default code page (character set). A code page maps characters to numbers (code-points) and defines the character’s visual representation (glyph). Code pages usually represent a particular language’s alphabet, such as the ibm861 code page (Icelandic).

The Data Dictionary displays each table name as it writes the table contents to the file’s contents file. The Data Dictionary displays a status message and prompts you to continue.