What are Schema files & usage in production Environment

[reddysrc]

Hi Experts,

could you explain about schema files and usage in production environment.
how we use schema files to import and export variables ?

Thanks
Nag

[bcarlson]

First, the tried and true response - I highly recommend reading the documentation. There is help info there.

Second, a brief description: Schema files are text files that represent record layouts, just like table definitions in DataStage. They provide a more dynamic interface. For example, you could have a generic export program that takes a table name as input (for the database read stage) and a schema file that is passed to the sequential file stage as output.

Again, please read the documentation - it will be far more detailed and probably provide better examples.

Brad.