JOHNSON_ZHU wrote:

> How are data stored in external file for the data type like smallint,
> integer, char, varchar, datetime?
> If we want to generate external file ourselves, what shall we do?
> Our goal is to generate the file related to the external table file.
> Any suggestion?
> Thank you all in advance.
>

Ann explained it not so long.

But I would go another way

store everything as char.

see you !

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Alexandre Benson Smith
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