Comments – HP Neoview Release 2.3 Software User Manual
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job-entry-list
one or more occurrences of job-entry, separated by a comma (,). The last job-entry
should not use the comma separator.
This specifies a list of job entries for the job. Each entry specifies its own source, target, and
a mapping between them.
Each job entry within a job must specify a unique (sourcename, targetname) pair.
For a load operation, if the parallel option is true and multiple job entries specify the same
target, every mapname specified by those job entries must either be the same, or must use
the same targetformat and identical field-mappings.
source sourcename
Specifies the source of data for the job entry. sourcename refers to a source defined in the
sources
section.
For a load operation, the following source types are allowed:
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file
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named pipe
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JMS (Java client only)
For an extract operation, the following source types are allowed:
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JDBC (Java client only)
target targetname
Specifies the target of data for the job entry. targetname refers to a source defined in the
sources
section.
For a load operation, the following target types are allowed:
•
JDBC (Java client only)
For an extract operation, the following target types are allowed:
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file
•
named pipe
map mapname
Specifies a mapping between the source and target. mapname refers to a map defined in the
maps
section.
options job-entry-options
one or more occurrences of job-entry-options, separated by a comma (,). The last
entry-option
should not use the comma separator.
Options defined at the job entry level override global options defined in the options section
and override options defined at the job level. The following job entry options are supported:
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Comments
You can embed single-line and multiple-line comments anywhere in a control file.
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A single-line comment starts with “#” and ends with the line terminator. For example,
# This is my comment.
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A multiple-line comment is surrounded by “/*” and “*/”. For example,
/*
Your comment line 1
Your Comment line 2
...
*/
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Control File Organization and Syntax