Upsert data from TXT (pipe delimited text) file to DB2

Want to upsert data from TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file to DB2 ?

Upsert: inserts rows into a table if they do not already exist, or updates them if they do.

Using File To DB, a native GUI tool, you can upsert data from TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file to DB2 easily and fast, no need to program, just a few mouse clicks!

Supports Windows 10, 11, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019, 2022

Here you can download and install File To DB.

Upsert data from TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file to DB2

Choose DB2 and logon.

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

Select the “TXT” file type.

then show the wizard.

1. Open a TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file.

2. Select a table and config fields.

Set “Load Type” to “Upsert”, choice “By Key”.

3. Preview data.

4. Upsert TXT data to DB2 .

View upserted data

You can schedule and automate this converting task by:

1) Save session and create .bat file.

2) Set scheduled task.

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More about FileToDB – the tool to upsert data from TXT (“|” pipe delimited text) file to DB2

TXT → DB2 reference

Type mapping

Value kind	in TXT	in DB2
Int	1234, or right-aligned in a fixed-width column	INTEGER
Bigint	9007199254740993	BIGINT
Decimal	1234.56	DECIMAL(p,s)
Float	1.234e+10	DOUBLE
Text	written as-is; padding depends on the chosen layout	VARCHAR(n)
Long text	written as-is	CLOB
Date	whatever the writer chose	DATE
Datetime	whatever the writer chose	TIMESTAMP
Binary	not representable	BLOB
Boolean	Y / N, or 1 / 0, or TRUE / FALSE	SMALLINT

Dialect differences

TXT 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 TXT	in DB2
port	—	50000
identifiers	None by convention	"double quotes"
row limit	—	FETCH FIRST n ROWS
dates	Whatever the writer produced; no convention is guaranteed	DATE, TIME, TIMESTAMP
long text	—	CLOB
binary	Not supported	BLOB
separator	Whatever was chosen - often fixed column widths	—
encoding	No declaration - UTF-8 works only with a BOM	—
typing	None - every field is text	—
shape	Free form; a parser has to be told the layout	Tables of rows and columns
ceiling	No formal limit	—

Command line

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

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