Overview

**Table 1** Overview
Tool	Description
COPY	Syntax for importing and exporting database data in batches. COPY can be used to import and export table-level data and export query result sets. For details about the best practices for COPY, see "Best Practices > Best Practices for COPY Import and Export" in Developer Guide. For details about all COPY commands, see "SQL Reference > SQL Syntax > C > COPY" in Developer Guide.
\COPY	Meta-command for importing and exporting table-level data in batches on the gsql client. Compared with the COPY command, the \COPY meta-command can import and export client data files and supports concurrent import through multiple transactions.
gs_dump	Tool for database-level export. To export information about a single database, you can export the definitions and data of all or some objects (such as schemas, tables, and views) in a database.
gs_dumpall	Tool for instance-level export. You can export object definitions and data of all databases in an instance, including data of the default database, data of user-defined databases, and global objects of all databases. gsql is required for instance-level restoration.
gs_restore	Tool for database-level import. It imports files exported using gs_dump.