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1 1  FrontBase is now available for free. Please see the FrontBase website [[http://www.frontbase.com]] for details.
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5 +**Useful SQL commands in FrontBase**
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7 +{{code value="sql"}}
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9 +// writes an ascii backup of your database
10 +write all output(dir='/path/to/export/dir', type = 'FrontBase', content=true);
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12 +// creates a database from the exported files that results from the previous command
13 +SCRIPT <path-to-export-directory>/schema.sql;
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15 +// to rename a table
16 +alter table name Item to ItemArchive;
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18 +{{/code}}
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20 +If you don't use type='FrontBase', you end up losing precision on your timestamp columns, which can really suck.
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3 3  A first experience with FrontBase, WO 5.3.1 and MacOSX 10.4.6
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5 5  Make sure you have the FrontBase jdbc connector accessible from your WebObjects applications. I placed mine in /Library/Java/Extensions/