> We have scripts to extract data, create
> metadata and then re-import data but this takes a fair amount of time
> due to the sizes, but it is a sensible proposition.

Forget the data extract and re-import.

Just create the additional tables and pump the raw data from
the other. I presume your import and export scripts are
slow, but you don't need them at all.

IB_SQL handles it without any problem.

Lester Caine
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