Setting Up Data File

About Setting Up the Data File

A data file contains the instructions that DBLoad executes in order to perform a particular operation. The sections in the data file are:

  • Options

  • Transactions

The Options section lists the global settings that the tool uses to process the data file. Setting up a data file with the Options section enables you to set different defaults for different types of transactions.

The Transactions section of the data file specify a particular action to be executed on a particular data. It can include one or more transaction formats. For information on the different transaction formats and examples, see About Transaction Types.

To execute multiple operations, you can include one or more Options/Transactions sections in a data file. Typically, you can write instructions to insert, update, and/or delete random data in a single data file.