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ASA Database Administration Guide
  Database Administration Utilities

The Validation utility


With the Validation utility, you can validate the indexes and keys on some or all of the tables in the database. The Validation utility scans the entire table, and looks up each record in every index and key defined on the table.

This utility can be used in combination with regular backups (see Backup and Data Recovery) to give you confidence in the integrity of the data in your database.

You can access the Validation utility in the following ways:

For more information on validating tables, see VALIDATE TABLE statement.


Validating a database using the Validate Database wizard
Validating a database using the dbvalid command-line utility

Contents Index Upgrade utility options Validating a database using the Validate Database wizard