Property type

Either Built-in or
Repository
.

Built-in: No property data stored
centrally.

Repository: Select the repository
file in which the properties are stored. The fields that follow are
completed automatically using the data retrieved.

Use an existing connection

Select this check box and in the Component
List click the relevant connection component to reuse the connection
details you already defined.

Host

Database server IP address.

Port

Listening port number of DB server.

Database

Name of the database.

Schema

Exact name of the schema.

Username and
Password

DB user authentication data.

To enter the password, click the […] button next to the
password field, and then in the pop-up dialog box enter the password between double quotes
and click OK to save the settings.

Table

Name of the table to be written. Note that only one table can be
written at a time

Action on table

On the table defined, you can perform one of the following
operations:

None: No operation is carried
out.

Drop and create a table: The table
is removed and created again.

Create a table: The table does not
exist and gets created.

Create a table if not exists: The
table is created if it does not exist.

Drop a table if exists and create:
The table is removed if it already exists and created again.

Clear a table: The table content is
deleted.

Filename

Name of the file to be loaded.

Schema and Edit
Schema

A schema is a row description. It defines the number of fields (columns) to
be processed and passed on to the next component. The schema is either Built-In or stored remotely in the Repository.

Built-In: You create and store the
schema locally for this component only. Related topic: see
Talend Studio

User Guide.

Repository: You have already created
the schema and stored it in the Repository. You can reuse it in various projects and
Job designs. Related topic: see
Talend Studio

User Guide.

When the schema to be reused has default values that are integers or
functions, ensure that these default values are not enclosed within quotation marks. If
they are, you must remove the quotation marks manually.

You can find more details about how to verify default
values in retrieved schema in Talend Help Center (https://help.talend.com).

Click Edit schema to make changes to the schema.
If the current schema is of the Repository type, three
options are available:

• View schema: choose this option to view the
  schema only.

• Change to built-in property: choose this
  option to change the schema to Built-in for
  local changes.

• Update repository connection: choose this
  option to change the schema stored in the repository and decide whether to propagate
  the changes to all the Jobs upon completion. If you just want to propagate the
  changes to the current Job, you can select No
  upon completion and choose this schema metadata again in the [Repository Content] window.

Action on data

Select the operation you want to perform:

Bulk insert
Bulk update The details asked will be different
according to the action chosen.

Copy the OID for each row

Retrieve the ID item for each row.

Contains a header line with the names of each column in
the file

Specify that the table contains header.

File type

Select the file type to process.

Null string

String displayed to indicate that the value is null.

Fields terminated by

Character, string or regular expression to separate fields.

Escape char

Character of the row to be escaped

Text enclosure

Character used to enclose text.

Force not null for columns

Define the columns nullability

Force not null: Select the check
box next to the column you want to define as not null.

tStat
Catcher Statistics

Select this check box to collect log data at the component
level.

Usage rule

This component is generally used with a tGreenplumOutputBulk component. Used together they
offer gains in performance while feeding a Greenplum
database.

Dynamic settings

Click the [+] button to add a
row in the table and fill the Code field
with a context variable to choose your database connection dynamically from
multiple connections planned in your Job. This feature is useful when you
need to access database tables having the same data structure but in
different databases, especially when you are working in an environment where
you cannot change your Job settings, for example, when your Job has to be
deployed and executed independent of
Talend Studio
.

The Dynamic settings table is
available only when the Use an existing
connection check box is selected in the Basic settings view. Once a dynamic parameter is
defined, the Component List box in the
Basic settings view becomes unusable.

For examples on using dynamic parameters, see Scenario: Reading data from databases through context-based dynamic connections and Scenario: Reading data from different MySQL databases using dynamically loaded connection parameters. For more information on Dynamic
settings and context variables, see
Talend Studio User Guide.