Online Documentation for Data Generator for InterBase/Firebird

Step 4 - Setting generation options


At this step you can specify data generation options.

 

Step 4 - Setting generation options

 

Action

Specify the action to be taken at the next step of the wizard:

 

RadioButton Execute statements

Select this option to execute the script for data generation.

 

RadioButton 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.

 

RadioButton 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 btnExplorer 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.

 

RadioButton Don't extract array/BLOBs

Select this option if you do not need to extract array/BLOB data.

 

RadioButton Extract BLOBs as strings

Select this option if you need to store BLOB values as strings.

 

RadioButton 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 btnSaveAs 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.