>>>Look at the COPY TO command; the COPY FILE command makes a copy of the file.
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>>Thank you. I also found that I can use a SQL Select as
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>>select * from mytable into table ("anothername")
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>true, but if you need to tweak slightly in maintainance, for instance also copying index file or switching type of file the clauses of copy to command handle the *table* in a more object oriented way. SQL select is only better if you need to add/tweak some columns
In this case I need to "copy" the records to a "backup" table. The original table is then zapped and re-filled. And just in case, I like to have a backup of this table. I usually name the backup table as the real table name + date time stamp.
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