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Backup/Restore User’s Guide
DATA TYPE
VARBINARY
IMPORT/EXPORT FORMAT
embedded or external file
format.
For embedded format, HEX
characters are used.
For external file format, the
URL is provided.
Use description flag
LOB_FORMAT to indicate your
option. For details see
description file specifications.
LONG
VARCHAR
Similar to the case for LONG
VARBINARY, two formats can
be used. The input data will be
in ASCII string instead of HEX
string.
EXAMPLE
The format used will
be the same as
BINARY.
Document\GRAPH.G
IF (2) external file
format:
For example, if users
want to import a
binary file whose full
path is “c:\My
Document\GRAPH.G
IF”. The URL
provided will be c:\My
Document\GRAPH.G
IF
(1) embedded
format:
Same as CHAR
format.
(2) external file
format:
Same as LONG
VARBINARY.
FILE
For FILE type, import/export will
adopt the same rule for LONG
VARBINARY.
OID
Same rule as INTEGER
SERIAL
Same rule as INTEGER
SMALLINT
Same rule as INTEGER
NULL data
For variable format, NULL data
is recognized by the fact that
there’s nothing between two
consecutive delimiters.
For fixed format, NULL data is
recognized by the fact that
there are all space characters
between columns.
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