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Manage non-text configurations by running a data manipulation script

With SA, you can manage non-text configurations by creating a data-manipulation script that extracts the non-text configuration data and places it in a text file. The text file can then be manipulated by SA the same as any other text configuration file and placed back into its original form. For a description of script types, see Types of Application Configuration scripts.

Some examples of non-text configuration data are:

  • An SQL database with a data manipulation script could run some SQL queries and place the data in a text file.
  • An IIS server’s configuration with a data-manipulation script that reads the metabase information into a text file.
  • A binary file with a data manipulation script that extracts the values from the binary file and places them into a text file.