Question and Answer What the utilities available in nz/bin? Driver: libnzodbc.so , Utilities : nzconvert, nzds, nzevent, nzhw, nzload, nzodbcsql, nzpassword, nzreclaim, nzrev, nzsession, nzsql, nzstate, nzstats, nzsystem Where is the Configuration file available? Config file odbc.ini is available in nz/lib and it contains the Database Source properties and Connection parameters. What is NZSQL utility? This utility can be run from any machine on which it is installed i.e. it does not have be from netezza box itself. This utility can be used to run any sql statement like select or insert statement on the netezza database. In the below usage you see data extracted from the table into a output file and in the second mzsql command the data is also gzipped. nzsql -host <netezz_db_servername> -d <database> -u <username> -pw <password> -c -c "select * from tablename" -o /root/home/outputfilename.txt; What is NZLOAD utility? This utility can be us
A sequence is a named object in a database or schema that supports the get next value method. By using sequences, you can generate unique numbers that can be used as surrogate key values for primary key values, where the identification of rows within a table would involve a large, compound primary key, or for other purposes. A sequence value is an integer that you can use wherever you would use numeric values. IBM® Netezza® supports user sequences for the four integer types: byteint, smallint, integer, and bigint. You create a sequence with an initial value, an increment, a minimum, and a maximum value. You also specify whether the sequence cycles, which determines whether the sequence starts over when the endpoint is reached. Create a sequence Use the CREATE SEQUENCE statement to create a sequence, which is an object from which users can generate unique numbers. To create a sequence, use the CREATE SEQUENCE statement and specify the options in any order. CREATE SE