Online Documentation for Data Generator for InterBase/Firebird
Step 4 - Setting generation options
At this step you can specify data generation options.
Action
Specify the action to be taken at the next step of the wizard:
Execute statements
Select this option to execute the script for data generation.
Save data generation script to file
Select this option if you only need to save the script for data generation to a file, without the script execution.
Execute statements and save data generation script to file
Select this option to execute the script for data generation and save it to a file.
File name
This box is enabled if the Save data generation script to file or Execute statements and save data generation script to file option is selected. Type in or use the Explorer button to specify the path to the *.sql file to store the SQL script.
File encoding
Select target encoding for the file.
Line end
Select the required line end symbol for the file: CR LF for Windows OS, LF for Unix or CR for MacOS.
Array/BLOB options
This group allows you to specify the way arrays/BLOBs will be processed.
Don't extract array/BLOBs
Select this option if you do not need to extract array/BLOB data.
Extract BLOBs as strings
Select this option if you need to store BLOB values as strings.
Extract array/BLOB s into file
Select this option to dump BLOBs and arrays to a separate file.
Note: The utility generates the statement, that can be recognized only by SQL Manager for InterBase/Firebird.
File name
This box is enabled if the Extract array/BLOBs into file option is selected. Type in or use the Save as button to specify the path to the *.blo file to store the data of array/BLOBs.
When you are done, press the Next button to proceed to the next step of the Wizard.