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Using the ODBC Client : Specifying ODBC Connection Attributes : BulkCharacterThreshold
 

BulkCharacterThreshold

Attribute

BulkCharacterThreshold (BCT)

Description

The maximum size, in KB, of character data that is exported to the bulk data file.

Valid Values

-1 | 0 | x
If set to -1, all character data, regardless of size, is written to the bulk data file, not to an external file.
If set to 0, all character data regardless of size, is written to an external file, not the bulk data file. A reference to the external file is written to the bulk data file.
If set to x, any character data exceeding this specified number of KB is written to an external file, not the bulk data file. A reference to the external file is written to the bulk data file.
See Using DataDirect Bulk Load for more information.

Default

-1