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Creating Target Tables

Use the Target Designer to run an existing SQL script to create target tables.

When you use the Target Designer to generate SQL, you can choose to drop the table in the database before you create it. To do this, select the Drop Table option. If the target database already contains tables, make sure it does not contain a table with the same name as the table you plan to create. If the table exists in the database, you lose the existing table and data.

In the workspace, select the T_EMPLOYEES target definition.

Click

Targets

Generate/Execute SQL

The

Database Object Generation

dialog box appears.

In the File Name field, enter the following text to generate SQL script called MKTABLES.SQL

C:\<PowerCenterClientInstallationDir>\MKTABLES.SQL

If you installed the PowerCenter Client in a different location, enter the appropriate drive letter and directory.

If you are connected to the source database from the previous lesson, click

Disconnect

, and then click

Connect

Select the ODBC data source to connect to the target database.

Enter the necessary user name and password, and then click

Connect

The following image shows the

Database Object Generation

dialog box with the File Name MKTABLES.SQL:

Select the

Create Table

and

Drop Table

Click

Generate and Execute

The Designer runs the DDL code in MKTABLES.SQL to create T_EMPLOYEES.

The results appear on the

Generate

tab in the Output window

Optionally, to edit the contents of the SQL file, click the

Edit SQL File

Click

to exit the

Database Object Generation

dialog box.

Creating Target Definitions and Target Tables

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