Preparing to Use User-Defined Tables

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Before you can use user-defined tables, you must do the following:

· Create the tables in the RDBMS.

 

· Optimize performance by defining indexes and storage parameters on the tables.

 

· Make sure that every user table in the RDBMS matches the definition of the corresponding external set in the USoft repository:
· The number of columns in the table must be equal to the number of elements in the external set (including any virtual elements).

 

· The column names must match the names of the external set elements.

 

· The data type of every external set element must be a data type which is supported by your RDBMS.

 

· The data type of every column must be equal to the data type of the corresponding external set element.

 

· If a column width is associated with the data type, the column width must be equal to the length of the corresponding element in the external set.

 

· The database table must not have mandatory or NOT NULL columns.
· Make sure that multiple batch jobs running simultaneously use different user tables.