MarkLogic 9 Product Documentationadmin:database-copy
admin:database-copy( $config as element(configuration), $database-id as xs:unsignedLong, $database-name as xs:string ) as element(configuration)
Summary
This function creates a new database specification with the same settings as the database with the specified ID. The new database configuration will have the specified name.
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
| config | A configuration specification, typically as returned from one of the Admin module functions. |
| database-id |
The ID of the database to copy (for example,
xdmp:database("myDatabase")).
|
| database-name | The name of the new database to create. |
Required Privileges
http://marklogic.com/xdmp/privileges/admin/databaseExample
xquery version "1.0-ml";
import module namespace admin = "http://marklogic.com/xdmp/admin"
at "/MarkLogic/admin.xqy";
let $config := admin:get-configuration()
return
admin:database-copy($config, xdmp:database("myOldDatabase"),
"myNewDatabase")
=> Creates a configuration with a new database specification
having the same settings as the database named "myOldDatabase".
Use admin:save-configuration to save the changes to the configuration or
pass the configuration to other Admin API functions to make other changes.