what is the difference between the .dbc and .cfg extensions
and give any clear information ?

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what is the difference between the .dbc and .cfg extensions and give any clear information ?..

Answer / raj shekar nagula

A .dbc file has the information required for Ab Initio to
connect to the database to extract or load tables or views.

While .CFG file is the table configuration file created by
db_config while using components like Load DB Table.

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what is the difference between the .dbc and .cfg extensions and give any clear information ?..

Answer / sohan

.dbc is for Database Connection.
.Cfg is for Remote Connection.

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what is the difference between the .dbc and .cfg extensions and give any clear information ?..

Answer / suresh

we can use a single .dbc file across project level, do not mention any hod coded values in the file.
coming to each module in a project user need to provide the details in configuration file

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what is the difference between the .dbc and .cfg extensions and give any clear information ?..

Answer / equalizer

There is no difference , ab initio now uses the term ".dbc"
file to store the database configuration info. earlier it
was called ".cfg"

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