Entering content frame

Procedure documentation Loading Binary Values Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

All numeric external data types (INTEGER, REAL, DECIMAL, ZONED) are interpreted as binary values. These can be converted to any of the internal data types (FIXED, SMALLINT, INTEGER, FLOAT) used by the database.

·        The Loader always interprets data of the data type INTEGER as signed values. You use the syntax rule <int_spec> to specify how these values are represented in the source data stream.

·        Data of the data type REAL is coded in a host-specific format and cannot be transported between different operating systems and computer platforms without being converted again.

Prerequisites

You must specify the source data stream in the load command with either the FORMATTED or FORMATTED BINARY format. The data stream must be coded in binary.

Procedure

You can use the FASTLOAD command and the DATALOAD command to load external binary values into database tables.

Example

DATALOAD TABLE room
  hno     01-05
  type    06-11
  free    12-15 INTEGER
  price   16-21 DECIMAL (2)
INSTREAM 'room.data' FORMATTED BINARY

 

Leaving content frame