Teradata Parallel Data Pump

Chapter 3: Teradata TPump Commands
IMPORT
Syntax Element
FORMAT
Description
Record format of the input file
The format can be:
FASTLOAD—A 2-byte integer, n, followed by n bytes of data and an end-ofrecord
marker (either X'0A' or X'0D').
BINARY—A 2-byte integer, n, followed by n bytes of data.
TEXT—An arbitrary number of bytes, followed by an end-of-record marker
which is a:
• Line feed (X'0A') on UNIX platforms.
• Carriage-return and line-feed pair (X'0D0A') on Windows platforms.
TEXT format should only be specified for character data. Do not specify
TEXT format for binary data, such as, PERIOD data.
UNFORMAT—defined by FIELD, FILLER, and TABLE commands of the
specified layout.
Note: When using UNFORMAT formatting in z/OS, ensure that the data
stream and data source are consistent with the layout defined in the utility
script. Discrepancies in the length of the data stream could result in data
corruption.
VARTEXT—in variable-length text record format, with each field separated
by a delimiter. Rules for a delimiter are:
• No control characters other than a TAB character can be used as a
delimiter.
• Any character that appears in the data cannot be used as a delimiter.
• Delimiters can only be up to 10 single-characters long.
If a FORMAT option is not specified, the default is FASTLOAD.
Note: On the mainframe platform, when access module is not used, the
default is the input data read record by record and the LAYOUT is applied to
each read record.
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