Data Import for Interbase/Firebird

Data Import for

Interbase/Firebird

User's Manual

© 1999-2014 EMS Database Management Solutions, Ltd.

Data Import for Interbase/Firebird

User's Manual

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3 Data Import for Interbase/Firebird - User's Manual

Table of Contents

Part I Welcome to EMS Data Import utility!

Part II Wizard application

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23

General ................................................................................................................................................................ 69

Data Font ................................................................................................................................................................ 72

Interface ................................................................................................................................................................ 74

© 1999-2014 EMS Database Management Solutions, Ltd.


Part III Console application

Part IV Appendix

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Part

I

1


Welcome to EMS Data Import utility!

EMS Data Import for Interbase/Firebird is a powerful program to import your data quickly from MS Excel/Excel 2007, MS Word 2007, MS Access, DBF, TXT, CSV, Open

Document, HTML files to Interbase/Firebird tables. It provides adjustable import parameters, including source data formats for all the fields and destination data formats for the selected fields, commit options, number of records to skip, etc. Data Import for

Interbase/Firebird includes a wizard which allows you to set all the import options for different files visually, and a command-line utility to execute import in one-touch.

Visit our web-site: http://www.sqlmanager.net/ for details.

Key features:

Import from most popular formats: MS Excel 97-2007, MS Access, XML, DBF, TXT,

CSV, MS Word 2007, Open Document Format and HTML

Importing data to one or several tables or views from different databases

Automatically creates table structure

Special batch insert commands allow to import data at the maximum possible speed

A number of import modes - Insert All, Insert New, Insert or Update, and others

Secure Shell (SSH) tunneling support

Adjustable import parameters for each source file

Saving all import parameters set on current wizard session

Command-line utility to import data using the configuration file

Powerful visual options module

User-friendly localisable wizard interface

Product information:

Homepage:

Support Ticket

System:

Register online at: http://www.sqlmanager.net/en/products/ibfb/dataimport http://www.sqlmanager.net/support http://www.sqlmanager.net/en/products/ibfb/dataimport/buy



1.1

What's new

Version

Data Import for Interbase/Firebird 3.7

Release date

June 09, 2014

What's new in EMS Data Import?

Import rate is increased due to use of multithreading.

XML

30

. Added the possibility of manual and automated identification of the type of the imported XML-file.

Now

log

65

contains information about the string number where the error occurred.

When importing from several files their

logs

65

are located at different tabs, while the main log contains general information about these processes.

DBF

38

. Wrong identification of Integer type fields. Fixed now.

" y y y y -m m -ddT hh:nn:ss" format was recognized incorrectly. Fixed now.

HTML

46

. When importing from HTML file with the links the application froze. Fixed now.

Other improvements and bugfixes.

See also:

Version history



1.2

System requirements

System requirements for Data Import for Interbase/Firebird

300-megahertz (MHz) processor; 600-megahertz (MHz) or faster processor recommended

Microsoft® Windows NT4 with SP4 or later, Microsoft® Windows 2000, Microsoft®

Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft® Windows XP, Microsoft® Windows 2003 Server,

Windows® 2008 Server

,

Microsoft® Windows Vista, Microsoft® Windows 7,

Microsoft® Windows 8, Microsoft® Windows 8.1

64MB RAM or more; 128MB or more recommended

20MB of available HD space for program installation

Super VGA (800x600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor; Super VGA

(1024x768) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor recommended

Microsoft® Mouse or compatible pointing device

Interbase/Firebird client

Possibility to connect to any local or remote Interbase/Firebird server

Supported InterBase and Firebird server versions: InterBase - up to 2007; Firebird

- up to 2.1



1.3

Installation

If you are installing Data Import for Interbase/Firebird for the first time on your PC: download the Data Import for Interbase/Firebird distribution package from the download page available at our site; unzip the downloaded file to any local directory, e.g. C :\unzippe d; run IbIm po r t Se t up.e xe from the local directory and follow the instructions of the installation wizard; after the installation process is completed, find the Data Import shortcut in the corresponding group of Windows Start menu.

Installation FAQs

If you want to upgrade an installed copy of Data Import for Interbase/Firebird to the latest version: download the Data Import for Interbase/Firebird distribution package from the download page available at our site; unzip the downloaded file to any local directory, e.g. C :\unzippe d; close Data Import application if it is running; run IbIm po r t Se t up.e xe from the local directory and follow the instructions of the installation wizard.

See also:

System requirements

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1.4

How to buy Data Import

To make it easier for you to purchase our products, we have contracted with share-it!

registration service. The share-it! order process is protected via a secure connection and makes online ordering by credit/debit card quick and safe. The following information about share-it! is provided for your convenience.

Share-it! is a global e-commerce provider for software and shareware sales via the

Internet. Share-it! accepts payments in US Dollars, Euros, Pounds Sterling, Japanese Yen,

Australian Dollars, Canadian Dollars or Swiss Franks by Credit Card (Visa, MasterCard/

EuroCard, American Express, Diners Club), Bank/Wire Transfer, Check or Cash.

If you have ordered EMS software online and would like to review your order information, or if you have questions about ordering, payments, or shipping procedures, please visit our Customer Care Center , provided by Share-it!

Please note that all of our products are delivered via ESD (Electronic Software Delivery) only. After purchase you will be able to immediately download the registration keys or passwords and download links for archives of full versions. Also you will receive a copy of registration keys or passwords by e-mail. Please make sure to enter a valid e-mail address in your order. If you have not received the keys within 2 hours, please, contact us at [email protected]

To obtain MORE INFORMATION on this product, visit us at http://sqlmanager.net/en/ products/ibfb/dataimport

Product distribution

EMS Data Import for Interbase/Firebird (Business license) + 1-Year

Maintenance*


Maintenance*


Maintenance*

EMS Data Import for Interbase/Firebird (Non-commercial license) + 1-

Year Maintenance*


Year Maintenance*


Year Maintenance*

EMS Data Import for Interbase/Firebird (Trial version)

Buy Now!

Download

Now!

*EMS Maintenance Program provides the following benefits:

Free software bug fixes, enhancements, updates and upgrades during the maintenance period

Free unlimited communications with technical staff for the purpose of reporting

Software failures

Free reasonable number of communications for the purpose of consultation on operational aspects of the software



Access to personalized sqlmanager.net account online, speed-through maintenance renewal

Advanced and exclusive notification of software promotions

"Maintenance Owner ONLY" product promotions

After your maintenance expires, you will not be able to update your software or get technical support. To protect your investments and have your software up-to-date, you need to renew your maintenance.

You can easily reinitiate/renew your maintenance with our online, speed-through

Maintenance Reinstatement/Renewal Interface. After reinitiating/renewal you will receive a confirmation e-mail with all the necessary information.

See also:

How to register Data Import

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1.5

How to register Data Import

To register your newly purchased copy of EMS Data Import for Interbase/Firebird, perform the following: receive the notification letter from Share-it! with the registration info; enter the Registration Name and the Registration Key from this letter; make sure that the registration process has been completed successfully – check the registration information at the

startup page

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.

See also:

How to buy Data Import

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1.6

EMS Data Import FAQ

Please read this page attentively if you have questions about Data Import for Interbase/

Firebird.

Table of contents

What is EMS Data Import for InterBase/Firebird?

13

What do I need to start working with EMS Data Import for InterBase/Firebird?

13

What is the difference between the Import feature of SQL Manager for InterBase/

Firebird and the Data Import for InterBase/Firebird utility?

13

Are there any limitations implied in the trial version as compared with the full one?

14

What is the easiest way to configure the template files for the Data Import console application?

14

I work behind a firewall (router). Can EMS Data Import connect to a remote Interbase/

Firebird server?

14

Why cannot I connect to the local InterBase/Firebird Server?

Why cannot I connect to a remote InterBase/Firebird server?

13

13

Question/answer list

Q : Wha t is EM S Da t a Im po r t fo r Int e r ba se /F ir e bir d?

A: EMS Data Import for Interbase/Firebird is a powerful tool to import your data quickly from MS Access, MS Excel, DBF, TXT, CSV, XML, MS Excel 2007, MS Word 2007,

HTML, ODF files to Interbase/Firebird tables. It provides adjustable import parameters, including source data formats for all the fields and destination data formats for the selected fields, commit options, number of records to skip, etc. Data Import includes a wizard which allows you to set all the import options for different files visually, and a command-line utility to execute import in one-touch.

Q : Wha t do I ne e d t o st a r t w o r king w it h EM S Da t a Im po r t fo r Int e r ba se /F ir e bir d?

A: First of all, you must have a possibility to connect to some local or remote Interbase/

Firebird server to work with Data Import. You can download Interbase/Firebird database server from http://www.codegear.com/interbase (the latest commercial version of InterBase server) or Firebird client and server from http://www.firebirdsql.

org . Besides, you need your workstation to satisfy the

system requirements

8

for

Data Import for Interbase/Firebird.

Q : Wha t is t he diffe r e nc e be t w e e n t he Im po r t fe a t ur e o f SQ L M a na ge r fo r Int e r ba se /

F ir e bir d a nd t he Da t a Im po r t fo r Int e r ba se /F ir e bir d ut ilit y ?

A: First of all, Data Import for Interbase/Firebird works faster as it is a considerably lighter application. Besides, it provides additional features for query building, namely: import data to several tables simultaneously; import data to tables selected from different databases; the command-line version of the utility to import data using the configuration

(template) file with all import settings; automatically creates table structure.



Q : Ar e t he r e a ny lim it a t io ns im plie d in t he t r ia l v e r sio n a s c o m pa r e d w it h t he full o ne ?

A: Actually the trial version of the utility only allows you to import 20% of records into each table. With this limitation, you can test all the features implemented in Data

Import for Interbase/Firebird within the 30-day trial period.

Note:

There is a 100 records (instead of 20%) limitation when importing from CSV,

TXT or MS Access files.

Q : Wha t is t he e a sie st w a y t o c o nfigur e t he t e m pla t e file s fo r t he Da t a Im po r t c o nso le a pplic a t io n?

A: You can configure the template files for each table visually using the Data Import

Wizard application. Set the required options and select the Tools | Save Template menu item. All the options will be saved to the template file which can be used by the console application.

Q : I w o r k be hind a fir e w a ll (r o ut e r ). C a n EM S Da t a Im po r t c o nne c t t o a r e m o t e

Int e r ba se /F ir e bir d se r v e r ?

A: If due to the security policy accepted in your corporate network or by your host provider you cannot connect to your PostgreSQL server directly through TCP/IP (for example a firewall prevents this), you can use SSH or HTTP tunneling feature of SQL

Manager to fulfill your task.

Q : Why c a nno t I c o nne c t t o t he lo c a l Int e r Ba se /F ir e bir d se r v e r ?

A: There are several reasons why you cannot connect to the local database. If during connection you get the error "Connection failed. Server is stopped or unproper client library is used to establish connection to the server. SQLCode: -904 IB Error Number:

335544375", then you should check if the port or service used for server connection is set correctly and if a local server is running. To check if the service is launched, open

Control Panel->Administrative Tools->Services and find service InterBase Guardian (if you use InterBase) or Firebird Guardian (if you use Firebird). In case you find it, run it with the Start button or use Start item in the context menu. If you cannot launch this service, then probably your server is installed incorrectly and you need to reinstall it.

Another possible reason for this error is that the client library version does not coincide with the server version. If you get the error like “Your user name and password are not defined. Ask your database administrator to set up a Firebird login.

SQL Code: -902 IB Error Number: 335544472" then the reason for this is that the registration data you enter are absent in your server security database. You should register the user with the proper login and password on your server.

Q : Why c a nno t I c o nne c t t o a r e m o t e Int e r Ba se /F ir e bir d se r v e r ?

A: There could be several possible reasons that prevent you from successful connection to remote database. If the error message says "Connection failed. Server is stopped or unproper client library is used to establish connection to the server. SQLCode: -904 IB

Error Number: 335544375" then probably you should check the correctness of port and host name you've entered and also if the remote server is run. It often happens that the port through which the connection is set with InterBase/Firebird server (normally, it's 3050) is closed for the security reasons by local firewall, corporate firewall or remote server firewall. Please check this with your system administrator or ISP. In order to avoid this limitation you can use SSH tunnel (50, 55).



If the error message says "Your user name and password are not defined. Ask your database administrator to set up a Firebird login. SQL Code: -902 IB Error Number:

335544472", then the reason is that the user doesn't have permission to access the database. You should register the user with the proper login and password on your server.

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Part

II

2


Wizard application

Data Import for Interbase/Firebird wizard application provides easy-to-use wizard interface to set all data import parameters visually.

Working with wizard application

Using configuration files

67

Setting program preferences

69

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See also:

Console Application

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2.1

Working with wizard application

Follow the steps of the wizard to import data to Interbase/Firebird tables for your needs.

Getting started

24

Step 1 - Setting connection properties

Step 2 - Selecting files to import

Step 3 - Setting XML file type

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27

25

Step 4 - Mapping fields

31

Step 5 - Setting base data formats

50

Step 6 - Setting data formats for each field

Step 7 - Specifying import mode

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55

Step 8 - Selecting key columns to exclude from import process

Step 9 - Setting commit options

62

Step 10 - Defining scripts to execute before and after import

Step 11 - Start of data import process

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64

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See also:

Using data import configuration files

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2.1.1

Getting started

This is how Data Import for Interbase/Firebird wizard application looks when you first start it.

This page allows you to view registration information. If you have not registered Data

Import for Interbase/Firebird yet, you can do it by pressing the Register button and

entering your registration information

12

.



Press the Next button to proceed to

Setting connection properties

25

.

See also:

How to buy Data Import

10

2.1.2

Step 1 - Setting connection properties

At this step you should specify necessary settings to establish connection to the target

Interbase/Firebird database.

Connection settings

For connection you should enter Interbase/Firebird host name in the Host field and specify the preferable Network protocol ( T C P/IP, Ne t BEUI, No v e l SPX). The Host dropdown list contains the list of already registered hosts. For both types you should enter

Interbase/Firebird port to connect through in the Port field.

Afterwards you should specify a ut ho r iza t io n settings: Login and Password.

The default superuser name is 'SYSDBA' and the default password is 'masterkey'.

You also need to specify the path to the Client library and the path to the Database file ( *.gdb for InterBase or *.fdb for Firebird) in the corresponding fields. For successful



connection to the server it is crucial to use the appropriate client library - the one that is compatible with the server you are using: gds32.dll for InterBase and fbc lie nt .dll for

Firebird. Please note that the client library file must be located on your local machine (e.g.

in the directory where the utility is installed). Bear in mind that the path to the database file should be set relatively to the Interbase/Firebird server file system.

Please note that you need to have sufficient privileges to be able to write to the destination database on Interbase/Firebird server.

Tunneling settings

To setup the connection via SSH tunnel, input the following values in the corresponding fields:

SSH host name is the name of the host (IP address) where SSH server is running

SSH port indicates the port where SSH server is activated (default is "22")

SSH user name stands for the user on the machine where SSH server is running (

Note:

it is a Linux/Windows user, not a user of Interbase/Firebird server)

SSH password is the Linux/Windows user password

Use Private Key for authentication

If the SSH encryption is enabled on the SSH server, a user can generate a pair of cryptographic keys (the Private key and the Public key). The Public key is placed on the SSH server, and the Private key is the part you keep secret inside a secure box that can only be opened with the correct passphrase (or an empty string as the passphrase).

When you wish to access the remote system, you open the secure box with your passphrase (if any), and use the private key to authenticate yourself with the Public key



on the remote Linux computer.

SSH Key file

Specify the location (the secure box) of the Private key file on your local machine.

Supported Private Key file formats are:

O pe nSSH

Put t y

SSH.c o m

Note that you need to trust your local machine not to scrape your passphrase or a copy of your Private key file while it is out of its secure box.

If you get any difficulties connecting to the database, it can be useful to look through

FAQs

13

.

When you are done, press the Next button to proceed to the

next step

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2.1.3

Step 2 - Selecting files to import

At this step you should select source file(s) to be imported.

Click the Add File button to select the source file name using the Open file... dialog.

Repeat this operation to add more source files (if necessary).

You can choose among the following types of the source data file:

M S Exc e l

M S Exc e l 2007

M S Wo r d 2007

M S Ac c e ss

DBF

T X T

C SV

HT M L

X M L Da t a Pa c ke t

X M L M S Ac c e ss

X M L Do c

O DS

O DT

The open file dialog allows you to set a filter on the source file format.

If you have selected the file of a format that is not supported the Select Import Type dialog appears.



Here you can select which import type for supported file formats should be applied to import the selected file.

To delete a file from the list, select it and click the Remove File button.

You can also change the order of the source files in the list using the Up

Down buttons.

and the



Note:

For the spreadsheet files: if you need to import data from different sheets into different tables you are to include that multi-sheet spreadsheet file into the list several times (equal to the number of sheets to be imported to different tables).

When a file is selected the Select Table dialog appears:



File name field displays the selected file name and its location.

Database field allows you to specify the target database.

Insert into existing table

Select this option to import data to the existing table. Tables area contains the list of tables in the selected database. You can refresh the list by clicking the Refresh button.

Create new table

Use this option to create import destination table.

To change the target Interbase/Firebird table that has been already assigned to a source data file, select the table in the list and press the ellipsis button to call the Select

Table dialog again.


next step

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2.1.4

Step 3 - Setting XML file type

This step appears if you have selected *.xm l file for importing data from.



XML file type

Select the type of *.xm l file from which you are importing data:

Aut o De t e c t - file type will be detected automatically whether it is XML MS Access or

XML data packet file;

X M L M S Ac c e ss - select this option if your *.xm l file has the same structure as files exported from MS Access;

X M L Da t a Pa c ke t - select this option if your *.xm l file has data representation format used by Embarcadero;

X M L Do c F ile - select this option to map fields of a

Generic XML document

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manually.

2.1.5

Step 4 - Mapping fields

This step of the wizard allows you to set correspondence between columns of the source file and fields of the target Interbase/Firebird table, according to the source data format.

MS Excel mapping

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MS Excel 2007 mapping

MS Word 2007 mapping

MS Access mapping

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DBF mapping

XML mapping

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XML Document mapping

TXT mapping

43

CSV mapping

44

HTML Document

ODS mapping

47

46

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36

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ODT mapping

49

To get more information about the file formats, see the

Supported file formats

83

page.


next step

50

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2.1.5.1

MS Excel

Select the needed source file from the list. Then specify ranges in the grid for the target and source fields: select a field of the target Interbase/Firebird table in the Fields list; proceed to the Sheet grid: click a column caption to select the whole column or click the row number to select the whole row; the selected column/row of the source file gets green highlight, and a new range indicating the source and target fields correspondence appears in the Ranges list; repeat the operation for all the fields you need to be included in the import process.

If the source file and the destination Interbase/Firebird table have the same order of columns, you can use the Auto Fill Columns mode (default) to set correspondence between them automatically. If source file and destination Interbase/

Firebird table have different order of columns but identical names you can use the

Auto Fill by Captions mode to set the correspondence based on name's identity. You can also use the Auto fill Rows to set the correspondence between destination table fields and source file rows.

If new table creation was selected at the

previous step

27

, then fields needed for the import procedure will be created automatically.

You can

manage destination table fields

85

if needed. Use the corresponded context menu item to Add/Edit/Drop field.

Note:

If table was properly created or already exist, it will be marked with a tick . If an error occur during table creation, this table will be marked with a cross .

If necessary, you can choose to skip a defined number of the source file columns and/or rows using the Col(s) and Row(s) spin-edits.



If your spreadsheet file contains several sheets, you are able to set different mapping for each sheet.

To clear ranges for a field, select the field in the Fields list and press the

Field Ranges button.

To clear all ranges specified for the target table fields, press the

button.

Clear

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To remove a range, use the Delete range button.

Using the Move Up and the ranges applied to data.

Add range button.

Move Down buttons you can change the order of

Click the Next button to proceed to the

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2.1.5.2

MS Excel 2007

Select the needed source file from the list. Then specify ranges in the grid for the target and source fields: select a field of the target Interbase/Firebird table in the Fields list; proceed to the Sheet grid: click a column to assign the column to the selected target



table field; the selected column of the source file gets gray highlight; repeat the operation for all the fields you need to be included in the import process.



Auto Fill by Captions mode to set the correspondence based on name's identity.

Note:

The number of the column for which correspondence was set is displayed at the

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If necessary, you can choose to skip a defined number of the source file rows or columns using the Skip lines or Skip cols spin-edit.

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To remove a correspondence, select the field in the Fields list and press the

Clear Field Ranges button.

To remove all correspondences, press the Clear All Ranges button.

If your spreadsheet file contains several sheets, you are able to set different mapping for each sheet.

To clear ranges for a field, select the field in the Fields list and press the Clear Field

Ranges

button.

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MS Word 2007

Specify ranges in the grid for the target and source fields: select a field of the target Interbase/Firebird table in the New fields list; proceed to the Table grid: click a column to assign the column to the selected target table field; the selected column of the source file gets gray highlight; repeat the operation for all the fields you need to be included in the import process.




The number of the column which correspondence is set for are displayed at the Grid

Column column. You can use it for setting the fields correspondence as well.


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Skip lines spin-edit.

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To remove a correspondence, select the field in the New fields list and press the





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MS Access

Set correspondence between the source MS Access fields and the target Interbase/

Firebird table fields: select a field of the target Interbase/Firebird table in the Table fields list; select the corresponding field of the source MS Access table in the Access Fields list; click the Add button to set correspondence between the selected fields; the pair of fields appears in the list below; repeat the operation for all the fields you need to be included in the import process.


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If you choose a query as the data source, you also can load a SQL query from a *.sql file or save the current query text to a file using the Load from File... and the Save to

File... buttons correspondingly.

Use the Autofill button to set correspondence between the source and target fields automatically on the basis of their order.

To remove a correspondence, select a pair of fields in the list below and press the

Remove button.

To remove all correspondences, press the Clear button.



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DBF

Set correspondence between the source DBF columns and the target Interbase/Firebird table fields: select a field of the target Interbase/Firebird table in the Table Fields list;



select the corresponding column of the source DBF table in the DBF Fields list; click the Add button to set correspondence between the selected fields; the pair of fields appears in the list below; repeat the operation for all the fields you need to be included in the import process.


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Charset

Use this field to specify the source file character set.

Skip deleted rows

Use the option to exclude records marked as deleted in source DBF file.



To remove a correspondence, select the pair of fields in the list below and press the

Remove button.




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XML

Set correspondence between the source XML columns and the target Interbase/Firebird table fields: select a field of the target Interbase/Firebird table in the Table Fields list; select the corresponding column of the source XML table in the XML Fields list; click the Add button to set correspondence between the selected fields; the pair of fields appears in the list below; repeat the operation for all the fields you need to be included in the import process.


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Encoding

Use this field to select the file encoding.



To remove a correspondence, select the pair of fields in the list below and press the

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2.1.5.7

XML Document

In order to set mapping of a Generic XML document, you should first select the desired

XML Document in the Files list, then press the Build Tree button to get the tree-like structure of source document in the area located to the right from the New fields list.

Select a node in the tree to get its relative path or type the path manually in the editor below (the path must be specified in the XPath format). Upon pressing the Fill grid button the grid gets filled with Sub No de s T e xt or At t r ibut e s values of the selected node.

Note:

if the source XML document contains huge amount of data, building the tree may take a long time.

Set correspondence between the source XML file columns and the target Interbase/

Firebird table fields: select a field of the target Interbase/Firebird table in the Fields list; proceed to the source grid viewer area: click a column to assign the column to the selected target table field; the selected column of the source file gets gray highlight; repeat the operation for all the fields you need to be included in the import process.



You can use the Autofill button to set correspondence between the source and target fields automatically according to their order (mapping is started from the first attribute value in this case).

When you import data to a newly created table, the Analyze button appears. Use this button for automatic field creation.



If necessary, you can choose to skip a defined number of the source file lines using the

Skip Lines spin-edit.


If you choose to import data to the newly created table, at this step you need to create necessary fields. Use the corresponded context menu item to

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2.1.5.8

TXT

Set correspondence between the source text file columns and the target Interbase/

Firebird table fields: select a field of the target Interbase/Firebird table in the Fields list; double-click in the text viewer area to add vertical separators delimiting the source column bounds; click the area between the separators to assign the column to the selected target table field - the selected source column gets black highlight; repeat the operation for all the fields you need to be included in the import process.

The Fields list also allows you to view the following values:

P represents the starting point of your selection;

S displays the width of the selected area.

You can change these parameters manually or by moving the slider in the grid.

If necessary, you can choose to skip a defined number of the source file lines using the


If the source text file and the destination Interbase/Firebird table have the same order of columns, you can use the between them automatically.

Autofill Columns button to set correspondence

The source file character set can be defined at the Encoding field.

Autoscroll

This option scrolls the document automatically when you switch to the next field for mapping.






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CSV

Set correspondence between the target table fields and the source CSV file columns: select the Delimiter and Quote characters for CSV files using the corresponding drop-down lists of the CSV Parameters group; select a field of the target Interbase/Firebird table in the Fields list; proceed to the source grid viewer area: click a caption to assign the column to the selected target table field; the selected column of the source file gets gray highlight; repeat the operation for all the fields you need to be included in the import process.



The source file character set can be defined at the Encoding field.











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2.1.5.10 HTML

Set correspondence between the target table fields and the source HTML file columns: select a field of the target Interbase/Firebird table in the New fields list; proceed to the source grid viewer area: click a column to assign the column to the selected target table field; the selected column of the source file gets gray highlight; repeat the operation for all the fields you need to be included in the import process.







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2.1.5.11 ODS

The OpenDocument format is used by Mobile Office, as well as other well-known desktop applications, such as OpenOffice, StarOffice and KOffice. ODS stands for

OpenDocument Spreadsheet ( *.o ds).

Specify ranges in the grid for the target and source fields: select a field of the target Interbase/Firebird table in the New fields list; proceed to the Sheet grid: click a column to assign the column to the selected target table field; the selected column of the source file gets gray highlight; repeat the operation for all the fields you need to be included in the import process.









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2.1.5.12 ODT

The OpenDocument format is used by Mobile Office, as well as other well known desktop applications such as OpenOffice, StarOffice and KOffice. ODT stands for OpenDocument

Text ( .o dt).

Specify ranges in the grid for the target and source fields: select a field of the target Interbase/Firebird table in the New fields list; proceed to the Table grid: click a column to assign the column to the selected target table field; the selected column of the source file gets gray highlight; repeat the operation for all the fields you need to be included in the import process.







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Step 5 - Setting base data formats

This step of the wizard provides a number of options for setting base formats for each source data file. The specified format should match the source data representation.



Separators

De c im a l, T ho usa nd, Da t e, T im e

Decimal

Set a character to delimit the decimal parts of the imported numbers.

Thousand

Set a character to separate the digit groups in the imported numbers.

Date

Set a character to separate the year, month and day parts of date values.

Time

Set a character to separate the hour, minute and second parts of time values.

Constants

Boolean True

Set one or more variants of TRUE value representation in the imported table, e.g. 'Yes' or

'+'. Use a new line for each additional variant.

Boolean False

Set one or more variants of FALSE value representation in the imported table, e.g. 'No' or

'-'. Use a new line for each additional variant.

Null Values

Set one or more variants of NULL value representation in the imported table, e.g. 'Null'.



Use a new line for each additional variant.

Date/Time formats

Use these edit fields to set the date and time formats:

Da t e , T im e .

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Skip this step

Check this option to skip the current step in the future. To edit the list of skipped steps, use the Skipped Steps group available in the

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Format specifiers

The following format specifiers are supported in the format string:

Float/Integer format

0

Digit place holder. If the value being formatted has a digit in the position where the '0' appears in the format string, then that digit is copied to the output string. Otherwise, a

'0' is stored in that position in the output string.

#

Digit placeholder. If the value being formatted has a digit in the position where the '#' appears in the format string, then that digit is copied to the output string. Otherwise, nothing is stored in that position in the output string.

.

Decimal point. The first '.' character in the format string determines the location of the decimal separator in the formatted value; any additional '.' characters are ignored.

,

Thousand separator. If the format string contains one or more ',' characters, the output will have thousand separators inserted between each group of three digits to the left of the decimal point. The placement and number of ',' characters in the format string does not affect the output, except to indicate that thousand separators are wanted.

E+

Scientific notation. If any of the strings 'E+', 'E-', 'e+', or 'e-' are contained in the format string, the number is formatted using scientific notation. A group of up to four '0' characters can immediately follow the 'E+', 'E-', 'e+', or 'e-' to determine the minimum number of digits in the exponent. The 'E+' and 'e+' formats cause a plus sign to be output for positive exponents and a minus sign to be output for negative exponents. The 'E-' and

'e-' formats output a sign character only for negative exponents.

Date/Time format


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Displays the date using the format using the Short Date Format, followed by the time using the Long Time Format. The time is not displayed if the date-time value indicates midnight precisely.

d

Displays the day as a number without a leading zero (1-31).

dd

Displays the day as a number with a leading zero (01-31).

ddd

Displays the day as an abbreviation (Sun-Sat) using the strings of the Short Day Names.

dddd

Displays the day as a full name (Sunday-Saturday) using the strings of the Long Day

Names.

ddddd

Displays the date using the Short Date Format.

dddddd

Displays the date using the Long Date Format.

e

Displays the year in the current period/era as a number without a leading zero (Japanese,

Korean and Taiwanese locales only).

ee

Displays the year in the current period/era as a number with a leading zero (Japanese,

Korean and Taiwanese locales only).

g

Displays the period/era as an abbreviation (Japanese and Taiwanese locales only).

gg

Displays the period/era as a full name. (Japanese and Taiwanese locales only).

m

Displays the month as a number without a leading zero (1-12). If the m specifier immediately follows an h or hh specifier, the minute rather than the month is displayed.

mm

Displays the month as a number with a leading zero (01-12). If the mm specifier immediately follows an h or hh specifier, the minute rather than the month is displayed.

mmm

Displays the month as an abbreviation (Jan-Dec) using the strings given of the Short

Month Names.

mmmm

Displays the month as a full name (January-December) using the strings of the Long

Month Names.


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Displays the year as a two-digit number (00-99).

yyyy

Displays the year as a four-digit number (0000-9999).

h

Displays the hour without a leading zero (0-23).

hh

Displays the hour with a leading zero (00-23).

n

Displays the minute without a leading zero (0-59).

nn

Displays the minute with a leading zero (00-59).

s

Displays the second without a leading zero (0-59).

ss

Displays the second with a leading zero (00-59).

z

Displays the millisecond without a leading zero (0-999).

zzz

Displays the millisecond with a leading zero (000-999).

t

Displays the time using the Short Time Format.

tt

Displays the time using the Long Time Format.

am/pm

Uses the 12-hour clock for the preceding h or hh specifier, and displays 'am' for any hour before noon, and 'pm' for any hour after noon. The am/pm specifier can use lower, upper, or mixed case, and the result is displayed accordingly.

a/p

Uses the 12-hour clock for the preceding h or hh specifier, and displays 'a' for any hour before noon, and 'p' for any hour after noon. The a/p specifier can use lower, upper, or mixed case, and the result is displayed accordingly.

ampm

Uses the 12-hour clock for the preceding h or hh specifier, and displays the contents of the TimeAMString global variable for any hour before noon, and the contents of the

TimePMString global variable for any hour after noon.

/



Displays the date separator character using the Date Separator.

:

Displays the time separator character using the Time Separator.

'xx'/"xx"

Characters enclosed in single or double quotes are displayed as-is, and do not affect formatting.

2.1.7

Step 6 - Settings data formats for each field

This step of the wizard allows you to set formats for each imported field separately, in case additional formatting is required.

Select a field in the list and use the Field Customization group to adjust format options that will be applied to this field only: ge ne r a t o r v a lue, ge ne r a t o r st e p, c o nst a nt v a lue,

NULL v a lue, de fa ult v a lue, func t io n, sc r ipt, le ft /r ight quo t a t io n, quo t a t io n a c t io n, c ha r a c t e r c a se, c ha r a c t e r se t.

Generator value

Use this field to set the initial value of the autoincrement field.

Generator step

Set the step of the autoincrement field. If it is

0 or if the field is of Ide nt it y one, then the value of the generator will be ignored.

Constant value

Use this field to set a constant value for the field.

Null value

Set the value which will be considered as NULL to set the default value.

Default value

Set the default value of the NULL field.



Function

Use the drop-down list to select one of the function return values that can be set in the field: Da t e , T im e , Da t e &T im e , Lo ng F ile Na m e , Sho r t F ile Na m e.

Script

Press the button to add/edit the script in the Script Editor.



Use the Script Editor window to enter the script for the field processing. Here you can use all features of the MS JScript.

The picture above shows the example of the Jscript use for the field

Na m e processing.

The entered code converts the

'X X X X Y Y Y Y ' string to the 'Y Y Y Y , X X X X ' one, for example

'Piotr Tchaikovsky' -> 'Tchaikovsky, Piotr'.

If you want to test your code and see the result of its execution then enter the test field value in the Field Value For Testing box and click the Test Run button.

If the execution fails you see the message box with the description of an occurred mistake.

If the execution succeeds you see the message box with the result as it is shown on the picture below.

For more information about JScript, see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x85xxsf4.

aspx .



Quotation

Left quotation

Set a character or a number of characters to denote quoting in the imported string.

Right quotation

Set a character or a number of characters to denote unquoting in the imported string.

Quotation action

You can select the

Add item to add quotation marks to the imported string, the Re m o v e item to remove all the quotation marks from the imported string, or the

No ne item to save the original quotation marks.

String conversion

Char case

Set the case of the imported string.

As Is keeps the original string unchanged, Uppe r sets the whole string to the upper case,

Lo w e r sets the whole string to the lower case,

Uppe r F ir st sets the first character of the string to the upper case, Uppe r F ir st Wo r d sets the first character of each word to the upper case.

Char set

Set the char set of the imported string to

ANSI or O EM. As Is saves the original character set of the string.

The Replacements area allows you to set the text you need to be replaced during data import into the selected field. Press the Add Replacement... new replacement options using the Add Replacement dialog.

button to specify a

Define the text to replace and the value to replace with in the appeared dialog window.

Check the Ignore Case option to make replacement case-insensitive.

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Step 7 - Specifying import mode

This step of the wizard allows you to define the records processing mode as

Inse r t All,

Inse r t Ne w, Upda t e, Upda t e o r Inse r t, De le t e, De le t e o r Inse r t mode:

Insert all: all records from the source file are inserted into the tables irrespective of whether any records exist in the destination table or not

Insert new: already existing records are skipped, and new records are inserted into the destination table

Update: all existing records are updated from the source file

Update or insert: already existing records are updated and new records are inserted into the destination table

Delete: already existing records are deleted

Delete or insert: existing records are deleted and new records are inserted into the destination table

Here is an example of some import modes offered by Data Import utility:

DB Table Source file

All import modes (except for the Insert All mode) are based on primary key values information. In order to perform import operations with these modes used you need to have matches between the source file primary key column(s) and the destination table primary key column(s).

Insert all Insert new Update Insert mode

Result



Insert mode

Result

Update or insert Delete Delete or insert

It is applied to all other import modes, except for the Insert all mode. For all these modes

(except for the Insert all mode) it is obligatory to select the primary key fields. This field

(or fields) is used as key field to identify specific data in the target database.

The key columns for these operations are defined at the

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step of the wizard.

If the Upda t e value is selected for Import Mode, then you need to specify the Primary Key field(s) that will serve for data identification of your source file with the data of the target table. The source file must contain the column(s) that will correspond to the

Primary Key field of the target table. If the target table contains a record in which the value of the primary key field coincides with the value of the corresponding column of the source table, the data stored in this table record will be updated. You can specify the field(s) which will be used for identification at

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Native / Universal mode

The

Na t iv e mode uses the Single C o m m a nds method or the Ext e r na l t a ble inse r t method.

First method serves to generate and execute single SQL commands on the server.

The second mode should be used if the server is installed on your local machine. In this case the defined in the External file name field file is created with the necessary data and then this data is copied to the created table be means of the server.

With the help of the

Na t iv e mode your data can be imported dozen (!) times faster as compared to the

Univ e r sa l mode which is used for backward compatibility.

If you have chosen

Univ e r sa l m o de and the import mode is set to Inse r t ne w, Upda t e o r inse r t, De le t e o r inse r t then the

Allow duplicates option can be set. If it is chosen then on inserting a record in a table it will be inserted even if it coincides with an existing one but the key fields differ.

Truncate Long Strings

If this option is enabled the long strings are truncated. This option is available only in the

Universal mode.

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Step 8 - Selecting key columns

This step of the wizard allows you to select the fields of the table to be used as the key

fields for the import process.

This step is not available if the

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To select a field, you need to move it from the Available Columns list to the Selected

Columns list. Use the the fields from one list to another.

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2.1.10 Step 9 - Setting common options

Using this step of the wizard you can set final import options.

Commit

Commit when done

Check this option to commit the transaction after all records are imported.

Commit after each ... records

These control allows you to define the number of records in each block to be supplemented with the COMMIT statement.

Rollback on error

Check this option to rollback the transaction if an error occurred.

Record Count



Import all records

Specifies that all records of the source file will be imported.

Import only ... record(s)

Specifies the number of records to be imported.

Import empty rows

If this option is checked then empty records are imported.

Auto trim values

Check this function to remove all leading and trailing white-space characters from all imported records.

Save Result SQL Script to File

This option allows you to save the result SQL script of the import operation to an external

*.sql file on your disk drive.

Specify the script file name and select its location using the button which calls the

Save As... dialog.

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2.1.11 Step 10 - Defining scripts

This step of the wizard allows you to define scripts to be executed before and after

import process for each database.

Select a database to define the script for. Type the text of the script to be executed before the import operation in the Before Import Script area, the script to be executed after the import operation in the After Import Script area.

Select another database and add scripts for it, if necessary.

You can also save and load

Be fo r e Im po r t and Aft e r Im po r t scripts using the corresponding Save Script... and Load Script... buttons.

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2.1.12 Step 11 - Start of data import process

This step of the wizard is intended to inform you that all import options have been set, and you can start the import process. If everything is correct, press the Import button to start the process. If you want to change something, you can return to any of the wizard steps using the Back button.

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Check this option to ignore errors in

Be fo r e Sc r ipt execution during import.

Close progress when done

If this option is selected, the child window indicating the import progress is closed automatically when the import process is completed.

Parallel execution

Check this option to perform several files import process simultaneously.

Save log to file

This button calls the Save file dialog which allows you to save the on-screen log to a file.

Clear log



Pressing this button clears the on-screen log area, removing all messages.

If necessary, you can

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Click the Finish button to start the import process.



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Using data import configuration files

Data Import for Interbase/Firebird allows you to store its configuration settings in external *.it m template files if you need to perform the data import process repeatedly.

You can load previously saved configuration settings to the application

wizard

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if you need to make some changes before data comparison, or you can run it with the

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for quicker data import.

Data Import templates are saved/loaded within the Save template options/Load

template dialog. To open this dialog, press the Tools button and select the Save

template/Load template popup menu item.

File name

When saving template, specify the template file name and select its location using the button which calls the Save As... dialog.

If you need to repeat data importing process with the same or similar settings later, it is reasonable to save all the settings you entered on the

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Please note that loading a template is only available at the

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Setting program preferences

Data Import for Interbase/Firebird provides full customization of the program interface by setting various options within the Preferences dialog. This chapter is intended to inform you how to use all these options.

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These options define general behavior of Data Import for Interbase/Firebird.

Selecting program language

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This page allows you to select a language to be applied for your copy of Data Import for

Interbase/Firebird.

Setting data font

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Allows you to adjust font settings for the data displayed in the application.

Setting Excel options

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Allows you to adjust Excel data representation settings.

Defining interface style

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This branch contains several pages with a number of options allowing you to customize the application interface style according to your liking.

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General

General

Confirmation on exit

Enables/disables confirmation upon exiting the program.

Skip intermediate steps

This option determines the behavior of the Ne xt and Ba c k buttons. When this option is disabled, clicking the Ne xt button leads to sequential passing through the list of imported objects. When this option is enabled, the steps checked in the Skipped steps group will



be skipped.

Key columns reminder

Use this option to enable/disable prompts to define key columns.

Remember password

Setting this option allows you to save passwords used for access to the databases automatically upon closing the application. Please note that checking this option saves the latest password used for connection to the database (including the SSH server password).

Show field types

Hides/displays field type description in the field list.

Show number of created tables

Use this option to allow/disallow appearance of the correspondent information window.

Show number of mapped columns

Displays the number of mapped fields on proceeding to

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Use first row as caption fields

Enable this option to use first rows as captions when mapping fields.

Analyse

N rows

Define the amount of rows used for source data analysis before table creation. This analysis allows the program to define the destination table field type.

Import to Views

By setting this option on you can import data to views - they will appear in the list of available tables at the

Step 2

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.

Keep options at steps

If this option is checked all your import settings will remain the same the next time the program is started.

Allow script execution

If this option is checked then the script entered on the

Step 5

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is always executed.

Skipped Steps

Use this option group to define the

Wizard application

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steps to be skipped.

See also:

Selecting program language

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Setting data font

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Setting Excel options

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Defining interface style

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2.3.2

Languages

The Languages page is provided for managing Data Import localization files.

You can create your own *.lng files similar to those available in the %program_directory%

\Languages folder, add them to the list of available languages and set the new language as the program interface language.

The table lists all the languages available for localization and the corresponding *.lng files.



Language Directory

Use the ellipsis button to specify the directory where the *.lng files are stored by default.

See also:

Setting general options

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Setting data font

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2.3.3

Data Font

The Data Fonts page is provided for setting up the fonts for displaying data in Data

Import for Interbase/Firebird.

Set the appropriate font and the preferable charset using the corresponding drop-down lists.



Note that neither font nor character set changes can be applied to

TXT

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files.

See also:


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2.3.4

Excel Options

The Excel Options page allows you to set the Max Col Width parameter which defines the maximum column width for Excel data grid.



See also:


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Setting data font

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2.3.5

Interface

This page allows you to customize the application interface style to your liking.

Use the Scheme name drop-down list to select an interface scheme according to your liking: C la ssic, O ffic e X P style, Windo w s X P native style, etc.



For your convenience the previews illustrating the changes are displayed in the Sample

Group area.

See also:


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Setting data font

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Part

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3


Console application

Additionally to the GUI version which is implemented in the form of a wizard application, the installation package of Data Import for Interbase/Firebird includes the console

version which is intended for being run from Windows command line with a template file name used as the execution parameter.

Data Import for Interbase/Firebird command line utility is intended for quick and powerful data import to Interbase/Firebird tables.

Working with console application

Configuration file format

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See also:

Wizard Application

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3.1

Working with console application

All the import options are set in template ( *.it m) files. A template can be also used in the Console version of Data Import for Interbase/Firebird.

To create a template file, follow the instructions below: start Data Import

Application wizard

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; set all the required options in all steps of the wizard; test the import process at the last step;

save all import options in the template

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.

Console application also generates the *.lo g file that contains information about the import operation completion.

The easiest way to start Data Import for Interbase/Firebird console application is to double-click the generated *.it m template. The other way is to enter the command line and type the appropriate command.

Usage:

<path to Data Import for Interbase/Firebird console application>\IbImportC.exe

T e m pla t e F ile [-da t a file =<so ur c e file na m e >] [-B]

datafile

Indicates the source file for data import.

TemplateFile

Stands for the *.it m template file to be used as the console version execution parameter

[-B]

Use this parameter in the command line to run the console version of Data Import for

Interbase/Firebird in the background mode

Example:

"C :\Pr o gr a m F ile s\EM S\Da t a Im po r t fo r Int e r Ba se & F ir e bir d\IbIm po r t C .e xe " "C :

\EM S\Da t a Im po r t \T e m pla t e 1.it m " -B

Note:

The following exit codes can be returned by Data Import for Interbase/Firebird to the operating system after performing the latest task:

0 - successful completion;

1 - error(s) occurred during task performing;

2 - fatal error occurred. The task was not performed.

See also:


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3.2

Configuration file format

The configuration file is divided into several sections.

[Connection]

This section contains parameters for connecting to the server: Ho st, Po r t, t unne ling se t t ings, Lo gin, Pa ssw o r d (encrypted). These parameters are obligatory.

[PREFERENCES]

This section contains the general settings of the utility.

Im po r t T o V ie w s

1 - enabled, 0 - disabled

The following sections are unique for each imported file and contain the appropriate postfix ( F ILE_00, F ILE_01, F ILE_02, etc.)

In these sections the import options for each particular file are stored.

[FILE_00]

In the main file section the following parameters are used:

Da t a ba se (destination database name), T a ble (destination table), F ile Na m e (the source file name)

Im po r t T y pe

Indicates the format of the source file: 0 stands for MS Excel, 1 for MS Access, 2 - DBF,

3 - TXT, 4 - CSV, 5 - XML, 6 - MS Excel 2007, 7 - MS Word 2007, 8 - HTML, 9 - XML

Document, 10 - ODS, 11 - ODT

The next section is specific to the file format and is named correspondingly, e.g.

[F ILE_00_X LS]. In this section the following specific file type options are set:

[FILE_00_XLS]

SkipRo w s, SkipC o ls - the number of rows and columns in the source file to be skipped on import.

[FILE_00_Access]

So ur c e T y pe

This option indicates the Access source type - Table or query, 0 stands for table, and 1 for query.

T a ble Na m e and que r y - these options set the source Access table name to import from if source type is 0 and the source query text if the source type is 1.

[FILE_00_TXT]

SkipRo w s - the number of rows in the source file to be skipped on import.

[FILE_00_CSV]

SkipRo w s - the number of rows in the source file to be skipped on import.

C SV De lim it e r, C SV Right Q uo t, C SV Le ft Q uo t - these options are used on reading the source

CSV file, they store options for delimiting columns and the quotation marks.

The next section is [FILE_XX_MAP].

It is also specific to the file type, but is obligatory for all file types. In this section correspondence between the source file columns and the destination table fields is set.



If the source file is an

Exc e l file, then the map is set in the following format:

<DB_FieldName>=CellIndex.

Use semicolon to separate multiple cells. You can define an Excel row or column as a range of cells, e.g.

Field1=A1;A4;A6-A9;B1-F1.

If the source file is an

Ac c e ss or DBF file, then the mapping is set in the following format:

<DB_FieldName>=<Source_Field_Name>.

If the source file is a

T X T file, the mapping looks in the following way:

<DB_FieldName>=<Position>;<Size>.

This means that you should provide the starting position and the size of the source file column for each destination field.

To set mapping for a

C SV file, provide a column number for each destination field, e.g.

Field1=1

Field2=4 etc.

The properties that are set in sections [FILE_XX_BASE_FORMATS] and

[FILE_XX_IMPORT_OPTIONS] correspond to those set on the 'Base Formats' and the

'Options' tabs.

The values that stand for

BO O LEAN T RUE and BO O LEAN F ALSE values are set in sections

[FILE_XX_BOOLEAN_TRUE] and [FILE_XX_BOOLEAN_FALSE].

The

NULL values are set in section [FILE_XX_NULL_VALUES]

Data formats that are set for each destination field separately are stored in sections named in the following way:

[FILE_XX_DATA_FORMATS_<FIELD_NAME>], e.g.

F ILE_00_DAT A_F O RM AT S_F IELD1.

The properties within these sections also correspond to the properties set on the 'Data

Formats' tab of the

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step for each field.

[FILE_00_IMPORT_OPTIONS]

This section contains parameters that define import options specified on Steps 6-9 of the wizard.

C o m m it Aft e r Do ne


C o m m it Re c C o unt

The number of records in each block to be supplemented with the COMMIT statement.

Im po r t Re c C o unt


Im po r t AllRo w s


Sa v e Re sult SQ L




Re sult SQ LF ile

The path to the result

*.sql file.

Im po r t Kind

0 - Universal Mode, 1 - Native Mode

T r unc a t e Lo ngSt r ing


Ro llba c kIfEr r o r


Im po r t M o de

0 - Insert All, 1 - Insert New, 2 - Update, 3 - Update or Insert, 4 - Delete, 5 - Delete or

Insert

Im po r t AddT y pe


Allo w Duplic a t e s


Na t iv e M o de Kind

0 - Single Commands, 1 - Batch insert

[#General#]

This section stores information about the product name and its major version.

See also:

Working with console application

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Part

IV


4 Appendix

4.1

Supported file formats

MS Excel

The most popular e-table format used by Microsoft® Excel ( *.xls). The result files are fully compatible with Microsoft® Excel versions 97-2000, 2003 and XP.

MS Access

File of Microsoft® Access format ( *.m db) with an ADO connection used.

HTML

Hyper Text Markup Language file format ( *.ht m l, *.ht m), complete compatibility with

HTML 4.0 specification.

Text file

Plain text file format ( *.t xt).

CSV file

Comma-Separated Value file format ( *.c sv).

Note:

all the text formats including T e xt file, C SV are usually used as working or interchange formats.

XML

A markup language for documents containing structured information ( *.xm l).

DBF

Database file format ( *.dbf)used by dBASE and a number of xBASE applications.

MS Excel 2007

The contemporary e-table format used by Microsoft® Excel 2007 ( *.xlsx). The result files are fully compatible with Microsoft® Excel 2007.

MS Word 2007

The contemporary text processing format used by Microsoft® Word 2007 ( *.do c x). The result files are fully compatible with Microsoft® Word 2007.

ODF Spreadsheets

OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications - open document file format for spreadsheets ( *.o ds) used by a number of applications including OpenOffice.org and

KOffice.

ODF Text

OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications - open document file format for word processing ( *.o dt) documents used by a number of applications including

OpenOffice.org and KOffice.



4.2

SSH tunneling options

SSH (Secure Shell Host) protocol is used to heighten computer security when working with Unix systems on the Internet. SSH uses several encryption algorithms of different reliability. The spread of SSH is also connected with the fact that a number of Linux-like

OS's (for example FreeBSD) include SSH server in their standard integration. To learn more information on this issue, please, visit http://openssh.org. SSH tunneling feature of SQL

Manager is a means of ensuring secure connection to Interbase/Firebird servers when working over insecure connection channels. You can also use SSH tunnel to get access to the remote Interbase/Firebird servers when the default port is closed for external connections due to some reasons. The connection over SSH tunnel works in the following way. First, a connection is established and the process of authentication between SSH client built in SQL Manager and remote Interbase/Firebird server is performed. Then all incoming and outgoing information between the program and Interbase/Firebird server is transmitted through SSH server with the help of a communication port (usually it is 22), and SSH server transfers this information directly to Interbase/Firebird server.



4.3

Add/Edit field

When you import data with destination table creation, you can manage this table's fields.

Use the context menu to Add/Edit/Drop a field.

Selecting Add field or Edit field context menu item opens the field editor that allows you to view/edit the properties of the destination table fields.

Use the Column edit box to set the field name. Note that the name of the field must be unique among all the field names in the table.

The Type tab defines the type of the field data.

Size

Defines the size of the field value.

Scale

For num e r ic and de c im a l types you need to define the number of decimal to the right of the decimal point.

Default value

Define this option value if you need inserted records to get specified value.

Define c ha r a c t e r se t and c o lla t io n at the appropriate fields.



Not NULL

Check this option to prevent the entry of NULL or unknown values in column.



4.4

Add/Edit Range

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to be imported from the file, use the Add range


button.

To edit an existing range, double-click it in the Ranges list. The Range dialog allows you to set a number of options for the range being edited.

Select Range Type from the corresponding drop-down list. Then specify the c o lum n, r o w or c e ll number whose range is to be defined.

Start and Finish section allows you to set the range of the values to be imported from the specified row or column.

Use the From Data Starting and While Data Exist options to automatically define the range of the values.

If neither start row/column nor finish row/column was specified you need to set range direction: Down or Up for column range and Right or Left for row range.

Use Sheet section to define the location of the row/column for which the row was specified.

You can select either Default sheet, or Custom Sheet.

For custom sheet you need to select Sheet Number or Sheet Name from the appropriate drop-down list.

Note:

If Cell was set as Range Type, the only thing you can specify at this dialog is its number.



Credits

Software Developers:

Alex Paclin

Alexey Butalov

Michael Kuzevanov

Alexey Saybel

Technical Writers:

Semyon Slobodenyuk

Dmitry Doni

Olga Ryabova

Cover Designer:

Tatyana Mak urova

Translators:

Anna Shulk ina

Serge Fominik h

Team Coordinators:

Alexey Butalov

Alexander Chelyadin

Roman Tk achenk o


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