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Import and export overview
Input and output data formats
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To remove specific rows from a table, use the
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To change existing rows in a table, you can also use the
statement.
From DBISQL you can export data to another database in a variety of formats,
or produce a text file as output. See the next section for a list of formats and
how to select them. You can also redirect the output of any command.
The
statement imports text files with one row per line. Both
LOAD TABLE
ASCII and binary input files are supported, with either fixed-length fields or
variable-length fields ended by a delimiter.
The
statement moves data into an Adaptive Server IQ table either from
INSERT
a specified set of values, or directly from tables.
Interactive SQL supports the following output file formats:
File Format
Description
A text file, one row per line, with values separated by a
ASCII
delimiter. String values are optionally enclosed in
apostrophes (single quotes). This is the same as the format
used by LOAD TABLE
DBASE II format
DBASEII
DBASEIII
DBASE III format
DIF
Data Interchange Format
Data records are in fixed format with the width of each
FIXED
column either the same as defined by the column's type or
specified as a parameter
FoxPro format
FOXPRO
Lotus workspace format
LOTUS
Interactive SQL INPUT statement required to recreate the
SQL
information in the table
TEXT format file that prints the results in columns with the
TEXT
column names at the top and vertical lines separating the
columns. This format is similar to that used to display data in
the Interactive SQL data window
WATFILE format.
WATFILE
statement.
DELETE
UPDATE
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