Subject Re: [firebird-support] Re: Using gbak to merge 2 databases
Author Helen Borrie
At 08:11 AM 13/05/2005 +0000, you wrote:
>--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@t...>
>wrote:
> > At 09:26 AM 13/05/2005 +1000, you wrote:
> > >Hi all,
> > >
> > >I have 2 databases created using the same DDL script and have loaded
> > >different data into them. Is it possible to use gbak to merge the data
> > >in the 2 databases together?
> >
> > No. That's something you'll have to do with a datapump utility, taking
> > care of unique structures, triggers doing unwanted stuff at the
>receiving
> > side, et al.
> >
> > ./heLen
>
>Thank Helen.
>
>I am using Mac OSX, so is there any commandline datadump utility that
>dumps my entire database into a long list of insert statements?

I've never heard of one. But why would you need a commandline
utility? Any Windows machine in your network could be used as a client for
a datapumping operation...plug in and go. Browse the tools listed in the
Downloads>Contributed area at the IBPhoenix site. Myself, I use the data
pumping tool in IB_SQL.

./hb