COPY DATABASE
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Purpose
Copies the specified database to a new database
Syntax
COPY DATABASE <database name1> TO <database name2> [IF [NOT] EXISTS]
See Also
ADATABASES(), ADD TABLE, ALTER INDEX, ALTER TABLE, CLOSE DATABASES, CLOSE TABLES, COMPILE DATABASE, CREATE DATABASE, CREATE INDEX, CREATE TABLE, CREATE VIEW, DATABASE(), DBUSED(), DISPLAY DATABASE, DISPLAY INDEXES, DISPLAY SCHEMAS, DISPLAY TABLES, DROP DATABASE, DROP INDEX, DROP TABLE, GETENV(), LIST DATABASE, LIST INDEXES, LIST SCHEMAS, LIST TABLES, OPEN DATABASE, PACK DATABASE, REBUILD DATABASE, REINDEX DATABASE, SET AUTOCATALOG, SET EXCLUSIVE, USE
Description
The COPY DATABASE command is used to copy an existing database to a new database. By default an error will be returned if the target database already exists. Specifying the optional IF NOT EXISTS keywords no error will be returned if the target database already exists. If the optional IF EXISTS keywords are specified and the target database already exists, then it will be removed before the copy. Both the databases must be closed before they can be copied.
Example
copy database southwind to temp if exists