How to copy database

Dear Admins,

I want to make a copy of an existing database.
How should I go about doing that. (Say I have an employee database
and I want to copy it to employee-release and employee-test.)

regards

Sudheesh

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Sudheesh K
Software Engineer EDA
Softjin Infotech Pvt. Ltd.
No 227/70/A Sigma Arcade 1
Marathahalli
Airport Road,
Bangalore - 560037
Phone: 91-080-5234641/2 ext 206
Fax: 91-080-5234643
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