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[Docs] Show how to extract an existing database #661

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Wildcards are supported for all nodes (`Content`, `None`, etc.). For example, `<None Include="Directory\**" />`.


## Use an existing database

If you want to initialize your project with objects from an existing database, you can do so with the following command:

```
sqlpackage /a:Extract /p:ExtractTarget=Flat /scs:"data source=.\SQLEXPRESS;initial catalog=Chinook;Trusted_Connection=true;encrypt=False" /tf:.\Tables
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> Note: The /tf parameter is currently required, and must refer to an non-existing folder.

## Item templates
To create database objects you can use the following item templates:

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