NAME DBI::Dumper - Dump data from a DBI datasource to file. SYNOPSIS << in test.ctl >> OPTIONS (export=100,rows=100) EXPORT DATA REPLACE INTO FILE 'test.dat' FIELDS TERMINATED BY TAB ENCLOSED BY '"' AND '"' ESCAPED BY '\' WITH HEADER FROM SELECT * FROM MY_TABLE my $dumper = DBI::Dumper->new( -dbh => $dbh, -control => 'test.ctl', -output => 'test.dat', ); $dumper->prepare; $dumper->execute; # have DBI::Dumper login to database my $dumper = DBI::Dumper->new( -userid => 'user/pass@sid', ... ); # send a statement handle instead of database handle my $sth = DBI->connect()->prepare("SELECT * FROM MY TABLE"); $dumper->execute($sth); DESCRIPTION Dumps data from a select statement into an output file. sqldumper tries to mirror the functionality and behavior of sql*loader. The control file syntax is similar, and DBI::Dumper utilizes a subset of the sql*loader options. Configuration options can be set either in the control file, passed to the new() method, or by calling the option's accessor. Options userid=username/password@sid Login information for database connection. If the sid includes a colon, the full string will be used as the DBI dsn. For example: userid=username/password@mysql:database Will connect to mysql's 'database' database as username. Otherwise, DBI::Dumper assumes a dbi:Oracle connection and prefixes the dsn with dbi:Oracle:. If no dsn is passed, DBI::Dumper first looks in $ENV{DBI_DSN} then $ENV{ORACLE_SID}. control=filename Input control filename. Defaults to standard input. See "CONTROL FILE" for layout and description. output=filename Output filename for data. Defaults to standard output. If rows is given, can contain template consisting of three or more Xs. The Xs will be replaced with the file sequence number. If the template does not contain three or more Xs, the sequence number will be appended to the filename with a dot. Examples: rows=n Number of rows per output file. Defaults to all rows in one output file. export=n Total number of rows to export. Use to limit output or restart dump. skip=n Number of rows to skip from beginning. File sequence number will be preserved, so if rows=n is set, this can be used to restart a job. bindsize=n Block size to write file. Defaults to write each record as returned from database. If set, sqldump will collect rows into a buffer at most n bytes large before writing to file. silent=true Suppress normal logging information. sqldump will only report errors. Exporting to Multiple Files rows=1000 output=outputXXXXX.dat Data will be written to output00001.dat, output00002.dat, etc. rows=1000 output=output.dat Data will be written to output.dat.0001, output.dat.0002, etc. output=outputXXXXX.dat Data will be written to outputXXXXX.dat DEPENDENCIES This program depends on the following perl modules, available from a CPAN mirror near you: Parse::RecDescent - Recursive parser DBI - Standard database interface CONTROL FILE The control file used for sqldumper is very similar to sql*loader's. The full specification is: [ OPTIONS ([option], ...) ] EXPORT DATA [ REPLACE | APPEND ] [ INTO FILE 'filename' ] [ FIELDS [ TERMINATED [BY] {TAB | 'string' | X'hexstring'} ] | [ ENCLOSED [BY] {'string' | X'hexstring'} [AND] ['string' | X'hexstring'] ] [ ESCAPED [BY] {'string' | X'hexstring'} ] ] [ WITH HEADER ] FROM select_statement AUTHOR Written by Warren Smith (warren.smith@acxiom.com) BUGS None yet.