You can use BTEQ's .IMPORT option to load data. This is very simple to use ,provided, your input file is in Indicdata or data format.The syntax for this looks like following.IMPORT DATA FILE = filenameusing (:field1,:field2,:field3,....,:fieldn)insert into targettable(column list)values(:field1, :field2,.......... :fieldn);You can learn more on BTEQ's Import and Export option from BTEQs reference Manual.Wish you best of luck .

Hi Dude,since u wanna load the data from txt file, i believe it should be in delimited fmt.The following script uses ',' as field delimeter.Also, its capable of loaded 'n' number of records.Give it a try..LOGON demotdat/sarathy_user,*****;.IMPORT VARTEXT ',' FILE=C:\TD\data\ABC.TXT;.REPEAT * USING emp_no (VARCHAR(6)), emp_name (VARCHAR(25)), emp_street (VARCHAR(25)), emp_city (VARCHAR(25)) INSERT INTO sarathy_db.emp values ( :emp_no, :emp_name, :emp_street, :emp_city ); .QUIT;

I have one more query here.when we import data from file everytime a record is inserted into the table a display message for executing query is shown up in spool. If i have 1000 records in input file it resutls in 1000 display's (Total elapsed time was 0.13 seconds.)Can anyone please help to suppress these display messages. Thanks in advance.

Comment on SwathyG postWe can load fixed length data file so long as text file and the column length are in sync.For Swathy_Teradata postuse .SET ERROROUT STDOUT in your bteq script.You could then redirect your output to a log file as in this case/usr/bin/bteq < /home/sunopsis/util/scripts/test.bteq > /home/sunopsis/util/log/test.logHope this helps.Vinay

Thanks Vinay but the issue still exists. .SET ERROROUT STDOUT is helpful only when there are error messages. .REPEAT *USING emp_no (VARCHAR(6)),emp_name (VARCHAR(25)),emp_street (VARCHAR(25)),emp_city (VARCHAR(25))INSERT INTO sarathy_db.emp values(:emp_no,:emp_name,:emp_street,:emp_city);Above query in mainframes with 5 records in source file results in *** Starting Row 0 at 12:32:37 on Tue Mar 27, 2007 *** Total elapsed time was 0.10 seconds. *** Total elapsed time was 0.07 seconds. *** Total elapsed time was 0.02 seconds. *** Total elapsed time was 0.03 seconds. *** Total elapsed time was 0.01 seconds. *** Warning: Out of data. *** Finished at 12:32:37 on Tue Mar 27, 2007 *** Total number of statements: 5, Accepted : 5, Rejected : 0 *** Total elapsed time was 0.25 seconds. *** Total requests run successfully = 5 *** Successful requests per second = 20.395 In case the source file has 100 records then 100 messages corresponding to elapsed time are populated. I want only one response as *** Total elapsed time was 0.25 seconds.

From your example it looks like you are running on windows, In case you are using unix for production, something like this might help ....bteq < mybteq.btq 2>&1 | awk '/^BTEQ/,/Starting Row/ /Finished at/,/$$$$$$$$$$$$$/' >mybteq.log

Hi Swathi,i don't know about mainframe BTEQ, but on Windows/Unix there are two solutions to suppress that "one output line per row":- using more than 1 session - using a ".PACK 1"Dieter

Hi Swati,.set quiet on might work for you. Sharda

Does anybody know how to suppress the same messages on a mainframe BTEQ? Thanks,Fernando Urrutia

Hi,Im trying to import data into tables from a file using BTEQ import.im facing weird errors while doing thisLike:if im using text file as input data file with ',' as delimiter as filed seperator im getting the error as below:*** Failure 2673 The source parcel length does not match data that was defined.or if im using EXCEL file as input data file im getting the error as below:*** Growing Buffer to 53200*** Error: Import data size does not agree with byte length. The cause may be: 1) IMPORT DATA vs. IMPORT REPORT 2) incorrect incoming data 3) import file has reached end-of-file.*** Warning: Out of data.please help me out by giving the syntax for BTEQ import using txt file as input data file and also the syntax if we use EXCEL file as the input data fileAlso is there any specific format for the input data file for correct reading of data from it.if so please give me the info about that.Thanks in advance:)

Some solution found out for the above query(Post #16675):I've used the text file with data in which i used ',' as the field seperator and also the datatypes for all the fields in the USING clause are changed to 'varchar' irrespective of their original datatypes:The code looks like this:.LOGON TDPP/login_name,password.import vartext ',' file = d:\input file path.txt.QUIET ON .REPEAT * USING COL1 (VARCHAR(2)) ,COL12 (VARCHAR(1)) ,COL13 (VARCHAR(56)) INSERT INTO table name ( COL11 ,COL12 ,COL13)VALUES ( :COL11 ,:COL12 ,:COL13.QUITthe code also works with fields seperated with a tab.but it works only for vartext ' ' (in the 2nd line of code)but doesnt work forvartext '\t'

u should write vartext '\t' in the 2nd line of code

i am trying to import data ,but i am getting error
error: Use IMPORT to open a file first before
trying to read from it.

thank u for the above example ,but i am new to teradata
i am trying to import data i am getting error
error: Use IMPORT to open a file first before
trying to read from it.

.QUIET ON will be helpfull for u swathi..

which command does not support in BTEQ.

Can anyboy explain about QUIET ON and .REPEAT * ?
 

You can get details on these commands from Teradata BTEQ Reference manual, but in brief these commands can be used for;
QUIET - This basically limits BTEQ output (to errors and request processing statistics only). Normally used for performance testing
REPEAT - Submits the SQL request for the number of times specified.

Thank you,