Copying Data for a Single File
Use this method to copy data from a single file to a new data area or data ID.
- Log in to the Lawson Environment containing the data for a single file you want to copy.
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Dump the data to a dump file. At the Qshell command line, specify this information:
dbdump -d current-dataarea|dataID dbfilename > dbfilename.data
- If the product line you will be copying data to is on a different machine, copy the dump file to that machine.
- Log in to the Lawson Environment you want to copy data to.
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Load the data from the dump file into the new data area or data ID. At the Qshell command line, specify this information:
dbload [-a|-f] new-dataarea|dataID dbfilename dbfilename.data
Note: Use the-f
parameter. It is for use with all relational databases.
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