[RavenDB] import/export in JSON format

[fschwiet]

I was wondering if via Raven.Smuggler.exe or some other means, if it
is possible to save the contents of a database in JSON. I think one
file per object would be nice. I think I would prefer that indexes
are exported as well, though I'm not sure about that.
I would like to do this in order to keep seed data for a system
under source control.

btw Congratulations on the launch.

[Ayende Rahien]

Smuggler will export all the data in a json format.

The format is indexes and then documents.

The code is a bit complicated because it has to handle streaming the whole thing in, but the format itself is pretty clear. 

You can read that by unzipping the file and opening in any text editor.

One file per document may result in large number of files. For example, MVC Music Store would generate over 600 hundred

[mare]

I tried exporting data from my embedded database using Management Studio and using Smuggler command line. In both cases, the generated dump file contains gibberish (unreadable content, mixed up characters, no JSON). What am I doing wrong? Is there some kind of cmd line switch required?

[Oren Eini (Ayende Rahien)]

The output of the smuggler is actually gzipped, you can run it through winrar or any decompression program to get the plain text.

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