MicroStrategy 7 Administrator Guide

Tables
Property Description Possible Values Default Value
Attribute ID
Constraint
Column constraints (for example, NULL or
NOT NULL) put on ID form of attribute.
User defined
NULL
Commit Level
Where to issue commit statement after
creating intermediate table.
• No Commit
• PostDDL
• PostDML
• PostDDL & DML
No Commit
Create Post String
String appended after the CREATE TABLE
statement.
User defined
NULL
Drop Temp Table
Method
Determine when to drop intermediate
objects.
• Drop after final pass
• Do nothing
Drop after final
pass
Fallback Table Type
If the engine cannot generate a derived
table or common table, this determines the
type of table that is generated instead.
• Permanent table
• True temporary table
Permanent
table
Intermediate Table
Type
Type of intermediate (temp) table to create. • Permanent table
• Derived table
• Common table
expression
• True temporary table
• Temporary view
Permanent
table
Table Creation Type Method to create intermediate table. • Explicit table
• Implicit table
Explicit table
A
P
P
E
N
D
I
X
E
S
Table Descriptor
Table Option
Table Prefix
String to be placed after the word TABLE in
the CREATE TABLE statement
String to be placed after the table name in
the CREATE TABLE statement.
String to be prefixed to a table name (i.e.,
CREATE TABLE prefix.Tablename).
User defined
User defined
User defined
NULL
NULL
NULL
Table Qualifier Key words placed right before “table”. User defined NULL
Table Space
String appended after the CREATE TABLE
Statement but before any Primary
Index/Partition key definitions.
User defined
NULL
232 Appendix C VLDB Properties