Data Contents DMX Files

As well as creating the tables on the database, the Data Manager allows the developer to specify sample and test data which should be placed on the database. The format of the .DMX file is introduced in Data Contents DMX Files. The developer will typically edit this file using a standard XML editor.

Figure 1. Data Contents File

<table name = fully qualified tablename>
  <column name = column name
          type = One of:
                     number
                     text
                     bool
                     id
                     blob
                     clob
                     date
                     timestamp
                  >
  </column>
  <row>
    <attribute name = field name>
               <value>Field value</value>
    </attribute>
  </row>
</table>

The Data Contents DMX file is made up of a number of elements described in the following sections, some of these elements/attributes are necessary to enable customization of DMX files, described in further detail in Customizing a DMX file.