README.md

SQL Server Extension

The SQL Server data transfer extension provides source and sink capabilities for reading from and writing to table data in SQL Server. Hierarchical data is not fully supported but the Sink extension will write a nested object from a hierarchical source (i.e. JSON, Cosmos) into a SQL column as a JSON string.

Note: When specifying the SQL Server extension as the Source or Sink property in configuration, utilize the name SqlServer.

Settings

Source and sink settings both require a ConnectionString parameter.

Source settings also require a QueryText parameter to define the data to select from SQL. This can combine data from multiple tables, views, etc. but should produce a single result set.

Source

{
    "ConnectionString": "",
    "QueryText": ""
}

Sink settings require a TableName to define where to insert data and an array of ColumnMappings. Only fields listed in ColumnMappings will be imported. Each element in ColumnMappings requires a ColumnName specifying the target SQL column along with situation specific fields:

• SourceFieldName: This should be set in cases where the source data uses a different name than the SQL column. Column name to source field mapping defaults to using the ColumnName for both sides and is case-insensitive so it is not necessary to specify this parameter for mappings like "id" -> "Id".
• AllowNull: Depending on the table schema you may need to force values to be set for columns when no value is present in the source. If this is set to false this column will use the DefaultValue for any records missing a source value. Defaults to true.
• DefaultValue: Value to be used in place of missing or null source fields. This parameter is ignored unless AllowNull is set to false for this column.

Sink settings also include an optional BatchSize parameter to specify the count of records to accumulate before bulk inserting, default value is 1000.

Sink

{
    "ConnectionString": "",
    "TableName": "MyStagingTable",
    "ColumnMappings": [
        {
            "ColumnName": "Id"
        },
        {
            "ColumnName": "Name"
        },
        {
            "ColumnName": "Description"
        },
        {
            "ColumnName": "Count",
            "SourceFieldName": "number"
        },
        {
            "ColumnName": "IsSet",
            "AllowNull": false,
            "DefaultValue": false
        }
    ],
    "BatchSize": 1000
}