Online Documentation for Data Import for SQL Server

Add/Edit field


When you import data with destination table creation, you can manage this table's fields.

 

Use the context menu to New/Edit/Drop a colimn.

 

menuEditField

 

Selecting New column or Edit column context menu item opens the field editor that allows you to view/edit the properties of the destination table fields.

 

Field Editor

 

Use the Column edit box to set the field name. Note that the name of the field must be unique among all the field names in the table.

 

The Type tab defines the type of the field data.

 

Size

Defines the size of the field value.

 

Scale

For numeric and decimal types you need to define the number of decimal to the right of the decimal point.

 

Default value

Define this option value if you need inserted records to get specified value.

 

Field flags

Seed

Specify the value used for the first row that is loaded into the table.

 

Increment

Specify the value added to the identity value of the previous row that is loaded.

 

CheckBox Not NULL

Check this option to prevent the entry of NULL or unknown values in column.

 

CheckBox Is Row Guid

This option specifies that the ROWGUIDCOL property is added to the column. ROWGUIDCOL indicates that the column is a row GUID column.

 

CheckBox Identity

This option specifies that the new column is an identity column.

 

CheckBox Not for replication

This option allows you to specify that the Identity property should not be enabled when a replication agent modifies the table that contains the identity column.