By default, the Integration Service generates an ORDER BY statement for a cached lookup. The ORDER BY statement contains all lookup ports. To increase performance, suppress the default ORDER BY statement and enter an override ORDER BY with fewer columns.

The Integration Service always generates an ORDER BY statement, even if you enter one in the override. Place two dashes ‘--’ after the ORDER BY override to suppress the generated ORDER BY statement.

For example, a Lookup transformation uses the following lookup condition:

The Lookup transformation includes three lookup ports used in the mapping, ITEM_ID, ITEM_NAME, and PRICE. When you enter the ORDER BY statement, enter the columns in the same order as the ports in the lookup condition. You must also enclose all database reserved words in quotes.

Enter the following lookup query in the lookup SQL override: