IFeatureDataConverter[2]

Single table, feature class, or feature dataset

True

True

False

Both

IGeoDBDataTransfer

Multiple tables, feature classes, and/or feature datasets, and domains from geodatabases

False

False

False

Both

IExportOperation (GeodatabaseUI)

Single table or feature class

True

True

False

ArcGIS Desktop

IDataset.Copy

Single dataset from a

file-based data source

False

False

False

Both

IWorkspaceFactory

(Copy and Move methods)

Local (personal or file) geodatabase, or an SDE connection file

False

False

False

Both

IGdbXmlExport and IGdbXmlImport (GeoDatabaseDistributed)

Entire workspace (schema, data optional), one or more datasets (schema, data optional), or a record set *

False

False

False

Both

IObjectLoader (EditorExt)

Individual rows from one dataset to another existing dataset

True

True

True

ArcGIS Desktop

* The IGdbXmlExport and IGdbXmlImport interfaces indirectly transfer data between geodatabases by first converting the dataset schema (and, optionally, the data) to Extensible Markup Language (XML), then from XML back to its original form.