The fgldbsch tool generates the database schema files from an existing database.
fgldbsch -db dbname [options]
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| -V | Display version information for the tool. |
| -h | Displays options for the tool. Short help. |
| -H | Display long help. |
| -v | Enable verbose mode (display information messages). |
| -ct | Display data type conversion tables. |
| -cx dbtype | Display data type conversion table for the give database type. |
| -db dbname | Specify the database as dbname. This option is required to generate the schema files. |
| -dv dbdriver | Specify the database driver to be used. |
| -un user | Define the user name for database connection as user. |
| -up pswd | Define the user password for database connection as pswd. |
| -ow owner | Define the owner of the database tables as owner. |
| -cv string | Specify the data type conversion rules by character positions in string. |
| -of name | Specify output files prefix, default is database name. |
| -tn tabname | Extract the description of a specific table. |
| -ie | Ignore tables with columns having data types that cannot be converted. |
| -cu | Generate upper case table and column names. |
| -cl | Generate lower case table and column names. |
| -cc | Generate case-sensitive table and column names. |
| -sc | Extract shadow columns. |
| -st | Extract system tables. |
| -om | Run schema extractor in old fglschema mode (accepts -c and -r options) |
The fgldbsch command line tool extracts the schema description for any database supported by the product.
The .sch schema file is mandatory to compiler forms or source modules using the SCHEMA instruction.