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read_file_text: OS File Text Contents

Catalog: FileSystem

Label: File Text Contents

Retrieve: true

Parameters of Table Function

The following parameters can be used to control the behaviour of the table function read_file_text. A value must be provided at all times for required parameters, but optional parameters in general do not need to have a value and the execution will default to a pre-defined behaviour. Values can be specified by position and by name. In both cases, all parameters not specified will be evaluated using their default values.

Value specification by position is done by listing all values from the first to the last needed value. For example: a `select * from table(value1, value2, value3)` on a table with four parameters will use the default value for the fourth parameter and the specified values for the first three.

Value specification by name is done by listing all values that require a value. For example with `select * from table(name1 => value1, name3 => value3)` on the same table will use the default values for the second and fourth parameters and the specified values for the first and third.

Name

Data Type

Required

Default Value

Documentation

encoding

string

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Character encoding, defaults to UTF8, alternative names listed in code page table on https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.text.encoding?view=netframework-4.8.

ignore_errors

boolean

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Whether to ignore errors when accessing the file. Defaults to false.

path

string

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Relative or absolute path to the file.

record_separator

string

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Record separator is a text signaling the start of a new record. Defaults to platform-specific new line.

separate_on_record

boolean

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Separates file contents into records based upon the record separator when true. Returns full file contents as one large string when false. Defaults to false.

 

Columns of Table Function

The columns of the table function read_file_text are shown below. Each column has an SQL data type.

Name

Data Type

Label

Required

Documentation

file_contents

string

File Contents

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file_path

string

Filename and Path

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is_existing

boolean

Is Existing

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