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  1. Preface
  2. Workflow Manager
  3. Workflows and Worklets
  4. Sessions
  5. Session Configuration Object
  6. Tasks
  7. Sources
  8. Targets
  9. Connection Objects
  10. Validation
  11. Scheduling and Running Workflows
  12. Sending Email
  13. Workflow Monitor
  14. Workflow Monitor Details
  15. Session and Workflow Logs
  16. Appendix A: Session Properties Reference
  17. Appendix B: Workflow Properties Reference

Workflow Basics Guide

Workflow Basics Guide

Null Character Handling

Null Character Handling

You can specify single-byte or multibyte null characters for fixed-width flat files. The Integration Service uses these characters to determine if a column is null.
The following table describes how the Integration Service uses the Null Character and Repeat Null Character properties to determine if a column is null:
Null Character
Repeat Null Character
Integration Service Behavior
Binary
Disabled
A column is null if the first byte in the column is the binary null character. The Integration Service reads the rest of the column as text data to determine the column alignment and track the shift state for shift sensitive code pages. If data in the column is misaligned, the Integration Service skips the row and writes the skipped row and a corresponding error message to the session log.
Non-binary
Disabled
A column is null if the first character in the column is the null character. The Integration Service reads the rest of the column to determine the column alignment and track the shift state for shift sensitive code pages. If data in the column is misaligned, the Integration Service skips the row and writes the skipped row and a corresponding error message to the session log.
Binary
Enabled
A column is null if it contains the specified binary null character. The next column inherits the initial shift state of the code page.
Non-binary
Enabled
A column is null if the repeating null character fits into the column with no bytes leftover. For example, a five-byte column is not null if you specify a two-byte repeating null character. In shift-sensitive code pages, shift bytes do not affect the null value of a column. A column is still null if it contains a shift byte at the beginning or end of the column.
Specify a single-byte null character if you use repeating non-binary null characters. This ensures that repeating null characters fit into a column.

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