IBM 000-8697 Manual Do Utilizador

IBM Informix OnLine Database Server Administrator’s Guide

To construct a similar command, start at the top left with the command

tbunload

. Then follow the diagram to the right, including the elements that

you want.

Type

tbunload

.

Optionally, change the parameters of the tape device that is to receive
the data.

If you wish to do this, turn to

for further syntax informa-

tion. Otherwise, tbunload uses the current archive tape device.

Specify either a database name or a table name to indicate the data
that you wish to copy to tape.

You can take the direct route to the terminator, or you can take an
optional path indicated by any one of the branches below the main
line.

Once you are back at the main diagram, you come to the terminator.
Your

tbunload

 command is complete.

Press

RETURN

 to execute the command.

Examples of

SQL

code appear throughout this manual. Except where noted,

the code is not specific to any single Informix application development tool.
If only

SQL

 statements are listed, they are not delineated by semicolons.

For instance, you might see the following example code:

DATABASE stores
.
.
.
DELETE FROM customer

WHERE customer_num = 121

.
.
.
COMMIT WORK
CLOSE DATABASE