On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 1:16 PM, W O <sistemas2000profesional@...>wrote:

>
>
> In a Firebird's datatabase I have a large table with thousands of records,
> is there a simple way for send these records to a text file?
>
> My idea is to have a script with the "INSERT INTO" commands.
>
> Something like it:
>
> INSERT INTO MyTable(MyCol1, MyCol2, MyCol3) VALUES(1, 'Alicia', 444555);
> INSERT INTO MyTable(MyCol1, MyCol2, MyCol3) VALUES(2, 'Beatriz', 654321);
>
> So, when I initialize the database in another location I can put all those
> records into it using the INPUT command of ISQL.
>
>
>

That's the least efficient way to insert data - using a prepared statement
that
you activate and pass data to is much faster. Why not just backup the
source
and restore it to the new location? If you only want part of the data, you
could
write your data to an external file, then copy the external file to the
empty database
in the new location and move the data from the external to the internal
table. Or
use a tool that copies tables between databases.

Good luck,

Ann


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