There are several conversion options for loading from flat files using the LOAD TABLE statement.
| Option | SAP Sybase IQ Data types | Action |
|---|---|---|
| ASCII | TINYINT, SMALLINT, INT (or INTEGER), UNSIGNED INT, BIGINT, UNSIGNED BIGINT, NUMERIC (or DECIMAL), REAL, DOUBLE, BIT, DATE, TIME, TIMESTAMP (or DATETIME) | By default, SAP Sybase IQ assumes input data is binary
of appropriate width for the data type. Using ASCII allows you to tell
SAP Sybase IQ that data is in
character format and lets you specify how wide it is. This option allows
E notation for REAL data, but it might degrade performance. If a problem occurs when converting these data types to CHAR or VARCHAR, SAP Sybase IQ logs the failure as an error or warning in the .iqmsg file. If the CONVERSION_ERROR option is ON, SAP Sybase IQ reports the problem as an error. If the CONVERSION_ERROR option is OFF, the problem is reported as a warning |
| ASCII | CHAR, VARCHAR | By default, SAP Sybase IQ assumes the same column width between source and destination columns, which may cause it to incorrectly read the input file. This option lets you specify a different width for the input column. |
| DATE | DATE | Converts ASCII date input of a fixed format to binary. |
| DATETIME | TIMESTAMP (or DATETIME) or TIME | Converts ASCII time or date/time input of a fixed format to binary. The input specification is based on either a 12-hour or 24-hour clock. |
| TIME | TIME | Converts ASCII time input of a fixed format to binary. |
| NULL | all | Lets you specify which input data values to convert to NULL on insert. |