Batch import data from multiple SQL files to a single DB2 table

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• Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.

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Batch import data from SQL files to DB2

Choose DB2 and logon.

Click “Wizard – N Files To 1 Table” at task dialog.

Select the “SQL” file type.

then show the wizard.

1. Select a folder that constains SQL files.

2. Config first SQL file importing options.

3. Select a DB2 table and config fields.

4. Preview data.

5. Import SQL files to the DB2 table.

View imported data

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See also:

• Import data from SQL file to DB2
• Bulk import data from SQL files to DB2 tables at one time

SQL → DB2 reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in SQL	in DB2
Int	INT	INTEGER
Float	DOUBLE PRECISION	DOUBLE
Long text	TEXT / CLOB	CLOB
Binary	BLOB / BYTEA	BLOB
Boolean	BOOLEAN / SMALLINT	SMALLINT
JSON	JSON / TEXT	CLOB

Dialect differences

SQL is a file format and DB2 is a database server, so the target has to be told the types the file never carried - the rows below are where the two sides diverge.

Property	in SQL	in DB2
port	—	50000
identifiers	Two competing conventions: single-quoted literals and diale...	"double quotes"
row limit	—	FETCH FIRST n ROWS
dates	Depends on the dialect: DATE literals, TO_DATE(), or plain ...	DATE, TIME, TIMESTAMP
long text	—	CLOB
binary	Dialect-specific: X-quoted literal, 0x hex, or decode()	BLOB
separator	Statement terminators (;)	—
encoding	No declaration	—
typing	Types belong to the target database, and they differ betwee...	—
shape	Statements; a dump usually means CREATE TABLE plus INSERT rows	Tables of rows and columns
ceiling	No formal limit, but a single INSERT statement has to fit i...	—

Command line

Side	Command
DB2	EXPORT TO out.csv OF DEL
DB2 (load)	db2 IMPORT FROM file OF DEL

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