Semantics : DumpTableStatement

DumpTableStatement  ::=  dumpTable Expr
( using IDENTIFIER | into Expr | limit Expr | prompt Expr )*
( where Mixture )? ;

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Dumps whole or part of a database table into a file. The first parameter is the table name. The using clause specifies the database connection; if not specified, use the default connection $$con . The optional into clause allows to specify a file name; the default file namd is the table name with extension ".tdmp". The limit clause limits the number of rows to be dumped. The promp clause takes a number; for every such number of rows dumped, display a "." on the screen to show the progress. The where clause can be used to limit or select the rows to be dumped.

The table dump file is handled by the TableDump object, which is returned by the system function openTableDump().