Sqlways.ini File - Section [COMMON]

This article describes sqlways.ini file [COMMON] section and the options it contains.

Option name	Description
DSN	Data source name
USER	User name
PWD	Password
TARGET	Target database
TARGET_PRODUCT	Target database product
TARGET_VERSION	Target database version
IMPORT_ORDER	Migration sequence. The default value is Clean.
IMPORT_SYSTEM	Import system. The default value is Windows.
DIR	Export directory
LOBDIR	Directory for LOB files. By default Ispirer SQLWays Wizard will store LOB files in the Export directory.
IMPORT_DIR	Import directory
IMPORT_LOBDIR	Import directory for LOB files
OUTFORMAT	Output text format
PREFETCHROWS	Prefetch count. The default value is 1000.
NONSTOP	Continue when an error occurs. The default value is Yes.
REGISTRATION_NAME	Specifies the registration name This option can be used for custom SQLWays fixes or in case if access to the registry to read license information is restricted
REGISTRATION_NUMBER	Specifies the registration number Use this option if access to the registry to read license information is restricted
TEST	This option controls whether to generate testing scripts for destination database. More information about how to use this option can be found in this article: How to Test Converted SQL Code Possible values - Yes, No or Empty. Default value - No or Empty.
MAX_NUMBER_OF_TEST_CALLS	Controls the number of calling statements for option TEST. The default is 10
GENRPT	Option that controls whether to generate the HTML report or not. The default value is Yes. Possible values - Yes, No.
CONVERT_VIEW2TABLE	Option that controls whether to convert all selected views to tables or not. The data for the tables is extracted from the source database using the select provided in a view. The default value is No. Possible values - Yes, No.
FN_WITH_EXC2SP	Whenever there is EXEPTION block with WHEN OTHERS inside the function it converts to procedure with TRY CATCH block. The default value is No or Empty. Possible values - Yes, No.
OPTION_VARYING_PARSING	Option that controls the way the delimited identifiers from Informix are parsed. As the default in Informix double quotes represent the string literal. This behavior can be changed by using the DELIMIDENT option. If DELIMIDENT option is set to ON, one can use double quotes to represent the delimited identifiers in Informix database. So, if the BL object, like Stored Procedure or UDF is created with this option and uses delimited identifiers inside, even if the option is OFF, the BL still will be working correctly. SQLWays tries to parse double quotes as the string literal first, using the OPTION_VARYING_PARSING option. If the parser error arises, the source code is parsed as if the DELIMIDENT is set to ON - like a delimited identifier. Possible values - Yes, No.
CONVERT_VIEW2TABLE	When this option is set to “yes” all views selected for convertion are converted to tables. Data for such tables is retrieved using select statements of these views. The default value is No. Possible values - Yes, No.
USE_ODBC_FUNCTIONS	When this option is set to “yes” only ODBC functions are used to extract data from source database. The default value is No. Possible values - Yes, No.
PRECACHE_OBJECTS	This option increases performance of SQLWays on working with large database. When you need to convert a number of tables that is greater than defined in PRECACHE_TABLES_COUNT option optimization is turned on. The default value is “True”. Possible values - True, False.
PRECACHE_TABLES_COUNT	This option defines the minimum number of tables, which will be precached if PRECACHE_OBJECTS is set to True. The default value is 100.
SUB_QUERY2VIEW	Option that controls whether to convert the sub-queries from WITH Clause into Views or no. The views in this case are created before the whole query and sub-query aliases are left the same as in the source. The conversion works when the option is set to Yes. The default value is No.
USE_ANSI_CAST	When this option is set to “yes” only ANSI SQL scalar function CAST is used to convert values from one datatype to another. The default value is No. Possible values - Yes, No. Supported directions: Sybase ASA to PostgreSQL
REPLICATION_CONVERT	When this option is set to “yes” SQLWays, instead of the migration, performs the generation of the Triggers and additional tables for the SQLWays Replication Utility. The default value is No. Possible values - Yes, No.
LOGICAL_FILES_PATH	To migrate Logical Files from DB2 AS400, should be provided a path to the files that will store LF definition. SQLWays Wizard will be able to read, analyze such description and convert it to the view in target database. This option should be set only if you are migrating from DB2 AS400 and need to convert Logical Files.
SOURCE_DB	Option that defines source database for embedded sql conversion.
TARGET_DB	Option that defines target database for embedded sql conversion.
API_SOURCE_DB	Option that defines database API for source database for embedded sql conversion.
API_TARGET_DB	Option that defines database API for target database for embedded sql conversion.
API_SOURCE_DB_VERSION	Option that defines version of database API for source database for embedded sql conversion.
API_TARGET_DB_VERSION	Option that defines version of database API for target database for embedded sql conversion.
PLACE_COMMENTED_SOURCE_END	This option controls where the commented source code of the object will be located in generated the sql file. If this options is set to “Yes”, the commented source code will be placeв at the end of the file. If this option is set to “No”, the commented source code will be placed at the beginning of the sql file. Possible values - “Yes”, “No” or Empty. Default value - “No”.
LICENSE_INFO	This option generates the information about the date and time of conversion, version and license owner inside the converted sql code. Possible values - “Yes”, “No” or Empty. Default value - “No” or Empty.
GENERATE_VERSION_TIMESTAMP	This option generates the information about the datetime of conversion and version of the tool in the sql code. Possible values - “Yes”, “No” or Empty. Default value - “No” or Empty.
FB_DIALECT	This option defines the dialect number that will be used to connect to the FIREBIRD database.
CACHE_OBJECTS_COUNT	This option defines the number of objects that should be specified for a conversion to launch the cache system for objects. If number of specified object is bigger than the number provided in the option, then cache system will be launched. If number of objects is less, then will be used common conversion.
PARSE_DIRECTIVES	This option defines whether the toolkit should parse the directives in the C++ code. Possible values - “Yes”, “No” or Empty. Default value - “Yes”.
REMOVE_SRC_FORMATTING	This option removes source code formating, by removing extra separators for COBOL → JAVA direction. Possible values - “Yes”, “No” or Empty. Default value - “No” or Empty.
DETAIL_REPORT	If this option is set to “Yes”, detail report with the information about the converted objects will be generated and placed in the export directory in “Reports” folder. Possible values - “Yes”, “No” or Empty. Default value - “No” or Empty.
USE_SP_PRIMARYKEY	By default our tool shouldn't extract the primary keys from Sybase ASE database, that were defined using the “sp_primarykey” system procedure. But if we set this option to “Yes”, SQLWays will convert primary key defined with “sp_primarykey” system procedure also. Possible values - “Yes”, “No” or Empty. Default value - “No” or Empty.
OMIT_ORACLE_HINTS	Since Oracle hints are specific only for Oracle database, by default these peaces of code are commented. If OMIT_ORACLE_HINTS option is set to “Yes”, all Oracle hints will be omitted during the conversion. Possible values - “Yes”, “No” or Empty. Default value - “No” or Empty.

Example:

[common]
registration_name = ABC Inc. 
registration_number = XXXX-YYYY-ZZZZ

If you will have any questions on the supported options or some features that you may need during your migration project, please contact our technical team: support@ispirer.com

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