REBUILD DATABASE
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Purpose
Rebuilds a database catalog
Syntax
REBUILD DATABASE [<database name>]
See Also
ADATABASES(), ADD TABLE, ALTER INDEX, ALTER TABLE, CHECK DATABASE, CHECK TABLE, CLOSE DATABASES, CLOSE TABLES, COMPARE DATABASE, COMPILE DATABASE, COPY 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(), INDEX, ISEXCLUSIVE(), LIST DATABASE, LIST INDEXES, LIST SCHEMAS, LIST TABLES, OPEN DATABASE, PACK, PACK DATABASE, REINDEX DATABASE, SET AUTOCATALOG, SET EXCLUSIVE, USE
Description
The REBUILD DATABASE command rebuilds the catalog for the active or specified database. This packs the catalog file and rebuilds its index tags. All valid programs, tables and known associated indexes from the database's directory are added into the catalog.
Databases are opened using the OPEN DATABASE command.
If the database is open, it must be open in exclusive mode.
Example
open database southwind rebuild database close database rebuild database southwind rebuild database ?