Documentation of .df

Posted by Thomas Mercer-Hursh on 23-Mar-2014 16:14

Speaking of needing documentation, is there anywhere that the .df syntax is documented ... especially including version differences?  Yes, one can create examples, but, for example, I have no DataServer experience and thus no way to generate one with DataServer stuff in it.  Likewise for TranMan.  Frankly, it would be nice just to see all the regular options ... and one of them changed someplace along the line.

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Posted by Rob Fitzpatrick on 24-Mar-2014 00:17

There is some format information in the Dumping and Loading chapter of the Database Administration manual.

It might also be helpful to look at the code in prodict/dump_df.p.

Posted by gus on 24-Mar-2014 08:20

Sorry, but there does not seem to be anything in the doc about .df file stuff.

This omission needs to be corrected.

Posted by Thomas Mercer-Hursh on 24-Mar-2014 09:14

No monographs floating around?

Posted by Thomas Mercer-Hursh on 24-Mar-2014 14:10

prodict/dump/_dmpdefs.p actually ...

Posted by shaske1 on 25-Mar-2014 18:50

I've noticed it was MIA as well.

Along those lines, it looks like prodict/dump/_dmpincr.p gives the incremental DF logic, which also implictly includes the RENAME syntax (which is not needed in and presumably therefore missing from the dump DF logic).

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