extract_files_spec 
Syntax Rules for Describing the Data Stream
Syntax
<extract_files_spec> ::= <data_outfile_spec>
[<longfile_spec_mlt>
]
| <command_outfile_spec
> <data_outfile_spec>
[<longfile_spec_mlt>]
|
data_outfile_spec |
Definition of the data stream for application data |
|
command_outfile_spec |
Definition of the data stream for load commands to be generated (Command file) |
|
longfile_spec_mlt |
Target data stream for data from table fields defined as LONG values |
Use
The first specification of this rule applies only to DATAEXTRACT commands that do not create command files (variant 1 of the DATEXTRACT command).
DATAEXTRACT * FROM
article
OUTFILE 'article.data'
The second specification only applies for DATAEXTRACT commands that enable a complete recovery of the table (variant 2 of the DATAEXTRACT command).
DATAEXTRACT FOR DATALOAD
TABLE article
OUTFILE 'article.command'
OUTFILE 'article.data’