1 9/29/88  store_from_data_file, sdf
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 3 Syntax:  store_from_data_file table_name -control_args
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 6 Function:  reads data from a file and loads it into the specified
 7 table.
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10 Arguments:
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12 table_name
13    is the name of the table defined in the open model or submodel.
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16 Control arguments:
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18 -column_delimiter X, -cdm X
19    where X is a single ascii character which will be used to delimit
20    the column values.  If this control argument isn't specified the
21    default column delimiter is the tilde.
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23 -input_file pathname, -if pathname
24    specifies the name of the file which contains the input data.
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26 -no_progress, -npg
27    specifies that progress messages should not be printed. (DEFAULT)
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29 -no_warning, -no_warn
30    specifies that warning messages should not be printed when storing
31    the tuple results in a conversion error or duplicate tuple error.
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34 -progress {N}, -pg {N}
35    specifies that a progress message should be printed after N tuples
36    have been processed, where N is any positive integer. If N is not
37    specified the default is to print a progress message after 1000
38    tuples.
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40 -row_delimiter X, -rdm X
41    where X is a single ascii character which will be used to delimit
42    the row values.  If this control argument isn't specified the
43    default row delimiter is the newline character.
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45 -warning, -warn
46    specifies that warning messages are printed when storing the tuple
47    results in a conversion error or duplicate tuple error. (DEFAULT)
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50 Notes:
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52 One level of quotes are removed from each column value if present.
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55 Examples:
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57 store_from_data_file employee -if employee_data
58 store_from_data_file employee -if employee_data -cdm X -rdm Y