Native (Bulk) Caching Limitations

Depending on your cache target, there are a few limitations to be aware of when trying to use this performance option.

DB2 Native (Bulk) Loading Caching Limitations

When bulk load is in use, the following data types cannot be cached to DB2:

Data Source

Data Types Not Supported

Cache Target

Oracle

BLOB and LONGRAW

DB2

SQL Server

BINARY and VARBINARY

DB2

Sybase IQ

BINARY, BLOB, and VARBINARY

DB2

TDV Native Loading Option MySQL Limitation

The TDV native load option cannot load binary data.

TDV Native Loading Option Teradata Limitation

If the TDV native load option is active and the data identified to be moved to the cache has one or more duplicate rows, Teradata 13 will allow the duplicate rows.

TDV Native Loading Option Database Link Limitations

For database links, the following data type and function support restrictions exist.

Data Source

Cache Target

Data Types Not Supported

Notes

DB2

Oracle 11g

REAL, GRAPHIC, LONGVARCHAR, TIME, TIMESTAMP, BLOB, CLOB

CAST, AVG, and SUM functions lose precision

Sybase ASE 15

Oracle 11g

TEXT, IMAGE

AVG, COUNT, MAX, MIN, and SUM functions are not supported.

Oracle 11g

Oracle 11g

BLOB, CLOB AND NCLOB

LONGRAW AND LONG

 

SQL Server 2008

Oracle 11g

NTEXT, TEXT, DATE, IMAGE

Oracle treats empty strings as NULL values.