COPYDB options

[Tim]

I'm trying to make sense of the code generated by various COPYDB options to generate a scriot to recreate all the Database Procedures (axm.vms v9.2.1)

copydb -with_proc
produces a script which looks something like this

CREATE PROCEDURE PROC_1 AS BEGIN RETURN; END
\P\G
GRANT EXECUTE ON PROC_1 TO PUBLIC
\P\G
CREATE PROCEDURE PROC_2 AS BEGIN RETURN; END
\P\G
GRANT EXECUTE ON PROC_1 TO PUBLIC
\P\G
DROP PROCEDURE PROC_1
\P\G
CREATE PROCEDURE PROC_1 (PARAM_1 CHAR(4) NOT NULL) AS
BEGIN SELECT SOME_VAL INTO :PARAM_1 FROM VIEW_1 END
\P\G
etc

Executing this against the existing database fails with
E_US0960 Procedure 'PROC_1' already exists.

copydb -with_proc -add_drop
which you might expect fixes this problem produces a script which looks something like this

DROP PROCEDURE PROC_1
\P\G
DROP PROCEDURE PROC_2
\P\G
DROP VIEW VIEW_1
\P\G
CREATE PROCEDURE PROC_1 AS BEGIN RETURN; END
\P\G
GRANT EXECUTE ON PROC_1 TO PUBLIC
\P\G
CREATE PROCEDURE PROC_2 AS BEGIN RETURN; END
\P\G
GRANT EXECUTE ON PROC_1 TO PUBLIC
\P\G
DROP PROCEDURE PROC_1
\P\G
CREATE PROCEDURE PROC_1 (PARAM_1 CHAR(4) NOT NULL) AS
BEGIN SELECT SOME_VAL INTO :PARAM_1 FROM VIEW_1 END
\P\G
etc

Running this script fails with
E_US0845 Table 'VIEW_1' does not exist or is not owned by you

So two questions
(1) why does -with_proc create every procedure as "begin return; end", then drop them and create them "properly"
(2) why does -with_proc -add_drop also drop the views