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SQL programmingYou can use the HCL OneDB™ implementation of the SQL language to develop applications for HCL OneDB™ database servers.
Guide to SQL: SyntaxThe HCL OneDB™ Guide to SQL: Syntax describes the syntax of the statements, data types, expressions, operators, and built-in functions of the HCL OneDB™ dialect of the SQL language.
SQL statementsThis chapter describes the syntax and semantics of SQL statements that are recognized by HCL OneDB™.
CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE StatementUse the CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE statement to define an external source that is not part of your database to load and unload data for your database.
External Table Examples The examples in this section illustrate different ways to load and unload data using external tables.
Loading Data from External Tables into HCL OneDB™To load data, you define the external data as an external table and then insert the data into the database.
Loading Data Warehousing TablesYou can use external tables to load very large tables for data warehousing applications.

Loading Data Warehousing Tables

You can use external tables to load very large tables for data warehousing applications.

This section discusses various scenarios to load very large tables: