Exporting Table DDL

Follow the steps below to export the table DDL:

  1. In the Object Browser pane, right-click the selected table and select Export DDL.

    The Data Studio Security Disclaimer dialog box is displayed.

  2. Click OK.

    The Save As dialog box is displayed.

  3. In the Save As dialog box, select the location to save the DDL and click Save. The status bar displays the progress of the operation.

    • To cancel the export operation, double-click the status to open the Progress View tab and click .
    • If the table name contains characters which are not supported by Windows, the exported file name will not be the same as table name.
    • Microsoft Visual C runtime file (msvcrt100.dll) is required to complete this operation. Refer to Troubleshooting for more information.

    The Export message and the status bar display the status of the completed operation.

    Database Encoding

    File Encoding

    Supports Exporting DDL

    UTF-8

    UTF-8

    Yes

    GBK

    Yes

    LATIN1

    Yes

    GBK

    GBK

    Yes

    UTF-8

    Yes

    LATIN1

    No

    LATIN1

    LATIN1

    Yes

    GBK

    No

    UTF-8

    Yes

    Multiple objects can be selected to export DDL on regular and partition tables. Refer to Batch Export for list of objects not supported for export DDL operation.