Sequential and Indexed Adapters

In previous releases, when using DataMigrator to copy data from a database table with a field described as BLOB for a column that contains a picture to a Delimited Flat File target, the name of a temporary file was written to that file.

Now, in the location specified for the target file, a like-named sub-directory is created that contains a file with each image from the source table with the appropriate extension (file type). This is currently available for the following file formats: .gif, .jpeg, .png, or .svg.

As of Release 7.7.08, when testing a connection using [S]FTP, both reading and writing are tested and the message displayed indicates the success or failure of each.

In previous releases, when configuring a connection to an [S]FTP server for fixed or delimited flat files, the Test option would only test reading from the remote server.

However, these adapters could be used to write to the remote server, either independently or as an auxiliary connection for an adapter, such as Impala or Drill, that required a file to be transferred to the server where they were running.

In these cases, even though the test successfully passed, the use of the adapter could still fail. An example of this is if the user did not have write access to the specified directory.

The Adapter for Hyperledger Fabric is new in this release. It allows you to seamlessly communicate with IBM Hyperledger Fabric, which provides support for permissioned blockchain applications. Blockchain technology is a distributed record of transactions validated and stored at multiple peer locations in a network. The records stored in the blockchain are immutable, providing an extremely high level of security and integrity.