Formatted Data
Formatted data on network‑attached systems is input data that conforms to the format of data from a Teradata Database source, such as a BTEQ EXPORT file.
Each record has:
Table 1 lists the formatted record field descriptions.
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Input Record Field |
Description |
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Data length |
A two‑byte field indicating the total length of the record, in bytes, excluding the first two bytes (this field), and the last byte (the end‑of‑record field) The data length must be specified as an explicit value, not an ASCII value. For a data length of one byte, for example, the specification must be hexadecimal 01. It cannot be hexadecimal 31, or the ASCII equivalent of the number 1. |
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Indicator bytes |
Optional bytes to indicate null data |
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Input data |
The actual input data for rows in the Teradata FastLoad table. The input data stream always starts at either: The length of the input data field, less any optional indicator bytes, is as specified in the first two bytes. |
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End‑of‑record |
The end‑of‑record delimiter field can be either of two hexadecimal values: |