# Building an Authoring Database

The builddb command function rebuilds an authoring database instance to match the repository indicated. The command line to build an authoring database that mirrors a repository is as follows:

    ReqAdmin builddb [-v] <Path to repository> <Requirements Database connection string> <Schema Request Database connection string>

This command connects directly to the target database, and that means you must enter a connect string. For details about connect strings see Database Connection Strings.

Once the command is run, the authoring web services reports the updated information (that matches the content in the local repository) to that which the command was run against.

Parent topic: Command Line Options