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.Dd March 25, 2015
.Os FreeTDS 1.1.24
.Dt DATACOPY FreeTDS "FreeTDS Reference Manual"
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.Sh NAME
.Nm datacopy
.Nd move table data between two servers
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl vdE
.Bro
.Fl t
|
.Fl a
|
.Fl c
.Ar owner
.Brc
.Op Fl b Ar batchsize
.Op Fl p Ar packetsize
.Op Fl S Ar server/username/password/database/table_or_view
.Op Fl D Ar server/username/password/database/table
.Op Fl T Ar textsize
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
is a utility distributed with FreeTDS.
.Nm
will move table data from one server to another without the need for
intermediate files.
.Nm
is much faster and more efficient than is freebcp out/in.
.Pp
.Nm
makes use of the db-lib bcp API built into FreeTDS. This API is also
available to application developers.
.Pp
.Nm
can be used to migrate data between Sybase ASE and SQL Server or vice
versa.
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.Sh OPTIONS
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Fl t
Truncate target table before loading data.
.It Fl a
Append data to target table.
.It Fl c Ar owner
Create the target table with the same schema as the source table.
.Nm
will submit a
.Ql CREATE TABLE
command on the target server using the specified owner in
the command, e.g.
.Ql CREATE TABLE owner.table (.\|.\|.\&).
.It Fl b Ar batchsize
The number of rows per batch of data copied.  Each batch of data is
effectively 'committed' to the database. The default is 1000.
.It Fl p Ar packetsize
The number of bytes, per network packet, sent to and from the
servers. Increased packet size can enhance performance.
.It Fl T Ar textsize
Specify size of TEXT/IMAGE column from network.
.It Fl v
Produce verbose output, including diagnostic timings.
.It Fl d
Produce freetds TDSDUMP output. (Serious debug only!)
.It Fl S Ar server/username/password/database/table_or_view
The connection information for the source server
and the location/name of the table (or view) to be copied.
If not specified, 
.Nm
prompts the user for the information.
.It Fl D Ar server/username/password/database/table
The connection information for the destination server and the
location/name of the target table.
If not specified, 
.Nm
prompts the user for the information.
.It Fl E
Keep identity values.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr freebcp 1 , Xr defncopy 1 , Xr bsqldb 1 , Xr tsql 1 , 
.%B FreeTDS User Guide.
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.Sh HISTORY
.Pp
.Nm
first appeared in FreeTDS 0.64.
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.Sh AUTHORS
 The 
.Nm
utility was written by
.An Bill Thompson Aq thompbil@exchange.uk.ml.com .