The driver table in the onpload database
The onpload utility uses different
set routines, called drivers, to handle different file formats. For
example, the delimited driver handles delimited file formats. The
routines in a driver process data unloaded from or loaded into the
data file. The onpload utility includes drivers
for widely used data-file formats. You can prepare additional, custom
drivers for other formats and bind them into the onpload shared
library. The set of available drivers is stored in the driver table.
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| drivername | CHAR(18) | Name of driver (primary key) |
| drivertype | CHAR(1) | Data-file format: Fixed, Delimited, COBOL |
You can use the procedure that Custom drivers describes to build custom drivers. A custom driver takes data from a file and constructs input for onpload that is in a format that onpload recognizes (Fixed, Delimited, COBOL).