DEFNCOPY(FreeTDS)     FreeTDS (freetds reference manual)     DEFNCOPY(FreeTDS)

NAME
     defncopy - extract procedures and views from a Microsoft server.

SYNOPSIS
     defncopy [-v] [-U username] [-P password] [-S server] [-D database]
              [-i input_file] [-o output_file] [owner.object_name
              [owner.object_name ...]]

DESCRIPTION
     defncopy is a utility program distributed with FreeTDS. It replaces a
     similar program of the same name distributed by Sybase.

     defncopy reads the text of a stored procedure or view, and writes a
     script suitable for recreating the procedure or view. For tables, it
     reads the output of sp_help and constructs a `CREATE TABLE' statement,
     complete with `CREATE INDEX',too.  owner is optional if you or the
     database owner is the owner of the procedure/view being copied.
     object_name is the name of the system object you wish to extract.

OPTIONS
     -U username
             database server login name.

     -P password
             database server password.

     -S server
             database server to which to connect.

     -D database
             database to use. Optional if the procedure/view being extracted
             is in your default database.

     -i input_file
             a script to apply to the database. Not currently implemented.

     -o output_file
             a file to hold the script, defaults to standard output.

     -v      Show version information and copyright notice.

NOTES
     defncopy is a filter; it reads from standard input, writes to standard
     output, and writes errors to standard error. The -i, -o, and -e options
     override these defaults.

     defncopy makes use of the db-lib API provided by FreeTDS. This API is of
     course also available to application developers.

EXIT STATUS
     defncopy exits 0 on success, and >0 if the server cannot process the
     query.

     defncopy will report any errors returned by the server, but will continue
     processing.

HISTORY
     defncopy first appeared in FreeTDS 0.63.

AUTHORS
     The defncopy utility was written by James K. Lowden
     <jklowden@schemamania.org.>

BUGS
     Works only with Microsoft servers and ancient Sybase servers.  Does not
     create primary keys.  Many options are defined by Sybase that this
     version does not implement. Feel free to correct this situation.  In
     theory, defncopy could apply/produce DDL for any system object, but at
     present only tables, procedures and views are supported, and only for
     extraction.

FreeTDS 1.4.12                  April 26, 2012                  FreeTDS 1.4.12