Copying Data for a Single File

Use this method to copy data from a single file to a new data area or data ID.

  1. Log in to the Lawson Environment containing the data for a single file you want to copy.

  2. Dump the data to a dump file. At the Qshell command line, specify this information:

    dbdump -d current-dataarea|dataID dbfilename > dbfilename.data

  3. If the product line you will be copying data to is on a different machine, copy the dump file to that machine.
  4. Log in to the Lawson Environment you want to copy data to.

  5. 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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