Input Data Formats - FastLoad

This section covers the data formats supported by Teradata FastLoad as well as those data sets and tapes not supported by the utility.

Input data is the raw data that Teradata FastLoad loads from the client system or workstation to the Teradata Database. The input data can be either formatted, unformatted, variable‑length text or of specific file types, depending on the configuration of the client system.

For network‑attached configurations, Teradata FastLoad supports the following data formats:

Formatted

Unformatted

Binary

Text

Variable‑length text

For mainframe‑attached configurations, Teradata FastLoad supports data sets and tape files with the following record format (RECFM) attributes:

Data sets and tape files with the following record format (RECFM) attributes:

F (fixed)

FB (fixed block)

V (variable)

VB (variable block)

VBS (variable block, spanned)