Creating an unload job
Use the Unload Job Select and Unload Job windows to create an unload job.
About this task
To create an unload job:
Procedure
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Choose
from the HPL main window. The Unload Job Select window appears, as the following figure shows.
- Click Create in the Selection Type group.
- Choose a name for this unload job and type the name in the Job Name text box.
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Optionally check the Write/read to/from tape
until end of device check box.
For more information, see Specify to write to the end of the tape.
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Click OK.
The Unload Job window appears, as the following figure shows. The ipload utility windows, provides detailed descriptions of the buttons in the Unload Job window.
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Type appropriate values for all of the unload components.
If you click a component button, the corresponding view window opens, and you can create or select the component.
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Specify the file that contains rejected record by using
one of these methods:
- Type the name of the rejected file in the Discards Records text box.
- Click the down arrow next to the Discard Records text box to select the file name from the file-selection list.
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Select the file that contains the
unload status log by using one of these methods:
- Type the name of the log file in the Logfile text box.
- Click the down arrow next to the Logfile text box to select a file name from the File-Selection window.
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Click Options to change unload options.
For more information, see Changing the unload options.
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Click Save to save this unload job.
(If you click Run to run the job immediately, the job is saved automatically.)
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Now you can either run the unload
job or exit and run the job later.
- Click Run to run the job.
- Click Cancel to exit to the Unload Job Select window.
Results
Important: Use Ext Type String Length data type
or Ext Type Binary Length data type if you unload data that contains
null UDT values.