SQL File Output

Step Name

Name of the step; the name has to be unique in a single transformation.

Connection

• Connection : select the database for which you want to generate the SQL.  The information in the connection is used to select the appropriate dialect.
• Target schema : the schema of the table to generate the SQL for
• Target table : the name of the table to generate the SQL for

Output file

• Add create table statement : check this if you want the "CREATE TABLE" statement to be included in the generated SQL
• Add truncate table statement: check this if the table is expected to exist and you want the "TRUNCATE TABLE" statement to be included in the generated SQL. Note that this could also be a "DELETE FROM" statement, depending on the database dialect.
• Start new line for each statement : Enable this to increase the readability of the file
• Filename : the filename (without file extension)
• Create parent folder : if you want the parent folder of the specified file to be created if it doesn't exist already.
• Do not open create at start : if you don't want an empty file in case there are no input rows
• Extension : the required file extension ("sql" by default)
• Include stepnr in filename : includes the step number (when running in multiple copies) in the output filename
• Include date in filename : includes the date in the output filename with format yyyyMMdd (20081231)
• Include time in filename : includes the date in the output filename with format HHmmss (235959)
• Append : append the generated SQL to the existing file
• Split every ... rows : limits the size of a single file by starting a new one every ... rows.
• Show filenames : hit this button to see the complete filename after assembly of the various parts (filename, extension, stepnr, date and time)
• Add File to result: Adds the filenames written to the result of this transformation.  A unique list is being kept in memory that can be used in the next job entry in a job, for example in another transformation.

Date format

Allows you to specify the date format.

Encoding

Allows you to specify the text file encoding