Define an External Table with Single Row Error Isolation

Define an External Table with Single Row Error Isolation

The following example logs errors internally in Greenplum Database and sets an error threshold of 10 errors.

1. =# CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE ext_expenses ( name text,
2. date date,  amount float4, category text, desc1 text )
3. LOCATION ('gpfdist://etlhost-1:8081/*',
4. 'gpfdist://etlhost-2:8082/*')
5. FORMAT 'TEXT' (DELIMITER '|')
6. LOG ERRORS SEGMENT REJECT LIMIT 10
7. ROWS;

Use the built-in SQL function gp_read_error_log('external\_table') to read the error log data. This example command displays the log errors for ext_expenses:

1. SELECT gp_read_error_log('ext_expenses');

For information about the format of the error log, see Viewing Bad Rows in the Error Log.

The built-in SQL function gp_truncate_error_log('external\_table') deletes the error data. This example deletes the error log data created from the previous external table example :

1. SELECT gp_truncate_error_log('ext_expenses');

Parent topic: Handling Load Errors