Alan McDonald wrote:

> > > > Is there any plan to implement:
> > > > CREATE DATABASE 'the_database' ... [FROM] TEMPLATE
> > > > 'the_template_database
> > > > like in postgresql?
> > > > </doru>
> > > >
> > >
> > > Don't know much about postgresql but we don't have much need for
> this in
> > > Firebird. We certainly don't fire it off much at all. When we do
> have to
> > > create a db using another as a template, it's very simple to
> extract the
> > > metadata from the first and hit the execute after changing the db
> name.
> > > Why do you need to do this much? You certainly are not needing to do
> > > this at
> > > run time are you?
> > > Alan
> >
> > Well, you are obvious right. Is there any API function to extact the
> > matadata from a given db?
> > (I'm not a delphi user at all)
> > Thanks.
> > </doru>
>
> isql -extract will do it
> but it sounds like you need to read a few manuals. There's a lot more
> to do
> than just extract metadata and create a new one at run time.
> Alan

I found that restore only metadata from backup is nearly what I need.
Thank you for support Alan