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DATABASES

Importing/exporting databases

IMPORTING MANUALLY CATEGORIZED SITES

To import your manual categorizations:

1Select Start > SurfControl Web Filter > Database Tools > Import or Export Manual Categorizations. You will see the Import or Export Manual Categorizations dialog:

2Select the Import Manual Categorizations option.

3Click the Browse button and navigate to the flat file that contains your manually categorized sites. This could be a file containing sites that you exported earlier. The path will appear in the From file text field.

4Next click the Select button. A SQL Server Login dialog will be displayed:

5Use this dialog to select the database that you want to import the sites to by choosing the server from the Server drop-down list box, then selecting the Use Trusted Connection check box. Alternatively enter a user name and password if this server requires one.

6Use the Options section to select the database that you wish to import the sites to, then click OK. The information relevant to that database will appear in the To database text field.

7Click Run task to import the sites to this database.

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Surf Control 5.5 manual Importing Manually Categorized Sites

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