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Custom Data Sources

Virtual DataPort allows creating wrappers ad-hoc for data sources for which no standard connector is available. To do so, two Java classes must be created to implement the required behavior (see section CUSTOM Wrappers). After this, package these classes in a jar file and import it into Virtual DataPort.

Once the jar file has been imported, create a custom data source referencing the main class of the wrapper with the statement CREATE DATASOURCE CUSTOM.

Syntax of the CREATE DATASOURCE CUSTOM statement
CREATE [ OR REPLACE ] DATASOURCE CUSTOM <name:identifier>
    [ FOLDER = <literal> ]
    CLASSNAME = <class name:literal>
    [ CLASSPATH = <classPath:literal> [ <classPath:literal> ]* ]
    [ JARS = <jar name:literal> [, <jar name:literal>]* ]
    [ TRANSFER_RATE_FACTOR = <double value> ]
    [ DESCRIPTION = <literal> ]

To modify a custom data source use ALTER DATASOURCE CUSTOM.

Syntax of the ALTER DATASOURCE CUSTOM statement
ALTER DATASOURCE CUSTOM <name:identifier>
    [ CLASSNAME = <class name:literal> ]
    [ CLASSPATH = <classPath:literal> ]
    [ JARS = <jar name:literal> [, <jar name:literal>]* ]
    [ TRANSFER_RATE_FACTOR = <double value> ]
    [ DESCRIPTION = <literal> ]

Explanation of some of the parameters of these statements:

  • name. Name to be given to the data source in Virtual DataPort.

  • CLASSNAME. Name of the class implementing the specific wrapper for the source. See section CUSTOM Wrappers.

  • CLASSPATH. (optional) Additional classpath required for running the wrapper.

  • TRANSFER_RATE_FACTOR: relative measure of the speed of the network connection between the Denodo server and the data source. Use the default value (e.g. 1 for JDBC databases located on premises) if the data source is accessible through a conventional 100 Mbps LAN. Use higher values for faster networks and lower values for data sources accessible through a WAN.

    The cost optimizer uses this value when evaluating the cost of an execution plan. The default value is usually correct so you should not specify this parameter unless you have a deep knowledge of the cost optimizer.

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