Teradata Parallel Data Pump

Chapter 3: Teradata TPump Commands
FILLER
FILLER
Purpose
The FILLER command describes a named or unnamed field as filler which is not to be sent to
Teradata Database. Only fields relevant to this Teradata TPump task need to be specified.
Syntax
.FILLER
fieldname
startpos
datadesc
;
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where
Syntax Element
fieldname
startpos
datadesc
Description
Name of an input record field to which a nullexpr of a FIELD command refers;
or to which a “condition” expression of the IMPORT command’s APPLY
clause refers
The only reason for naming a filler field is to enable one of these expressions to
refer to it. A fieldname must obey the same rules for its construction as
Teradata SQL column names.
The reason for describing a field that is not to be sent to Teradata Database
and is not used in any of the expressions mentioned in the previous paragraph
is to make it possible to specify startpos as an asterisk for subsequent fields of
the input records. If the use of the asterisk is not important, fields that do not
participate in the Teradata TPump do not need to be defined.
Starting position of a field of the data records in an external data source
It may be specified as an unsigned decimal integer, which is a character
position starting with 1, or as an asterisk, which is the next available character
position beyond the preceding field.
Note that where input records may be continued by use of the CONTINUEIF
condition, a startpos specified as an unsigned integer refers to a character
position in the final concatenated result from which the continuation
indicators have been removed. Refer to the description of the condition
parameter of the LAYOUT command.
Type and length of data in the field
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