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SAVE DATASET

Saves the schema and data of a DataSet to an XML file.

Syntax:

>>--EXEC ADO--.-------------------.—SAVE--DATASET------> 
              +-USING dataset_name+  

 >---TO----xml_file_spec--------------------EXEC-END---><

Parameters:

`dataset_name`	The DataSet reference to be used. If you do not specify `dataset_name`, the current DataSet is used.
`xml_file_spec`	A file to contain the XML file that represents the DataSet.

Example:

     EXEC ADO 
        SAVE DATASET TO "c:\work\adotests\net_order_status.xml" 
     END-EXEC