Schedule and automate DB2 to Azure task

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Schedule and automate DB2 to Azure data task

1. Select and run a task from follow list:

• Merge multiple similar DB2 tables to 1 Azure table
• Batch copy DB2 tables to Azure
• Copy DB2 query results to Azure table
• Copy DB2 table data to Azure
• Migrate DB2 to Azure
• Sync data from DB2 to Azure
• Convert DB2 To Azure

2. Save session and create .bat file.

3. Set scheduled task.

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More about Withdata DBCopier – the tool to copy DB2 data to Azure

DB2 → Azure SQL reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in DB2	in Azure SQL
Int	INTEGER	int
Bigint	BIGINT	bigint
Decimal	DECIMAL(p,s)	decimal(p,s)
Float	DOUBLE	float
Text	VARCHAR(n)	nvarchar(n)
Long text	CLOB	nvarchar(max)
Date	DATE	date
Datetime	TIMESTAMP	datetime2
Binary	BLOB	varbinary(max)
Boolean	SMALLINT	bit

Dialect differences

Both DB2 and Azure SQL are database servers, so the differences below are dialect-level: the same concept is spelled differently on each side.

Property	in DB2	in Azure SQL
port	50000	1433
identifiers	"double quotes"	[square brackets]
row limit	FETCH FIRST n ROWS	SELECT TOP n
dates	DATE, TIME, TIMESTAMP	datetime2, date, time
long text	CLOB	nvarchar(max)
binary	BLOB	varbinary(max)

Command line

Side	Command
DB2	EXPORT TO out.csv OF DEL
Azure SQL	bcp
Azure SQL (load)	bcp, or BULK INSERT
DB2 (load)	db2 IMPORT FROM file OF DEL

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