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Pentaho 3.2 Data Integration: Beginner's Guide

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Product type Book
Published in Apr 2010
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781847199546
Pages 492 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages

Table of Contents (27) Chapters

Pentaho 3.2 Data Integration Beginner's Guide
Credits
Foreword
The Kettle Project
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface
1. Getting Started with Pentaho Data Integration 2. Getting Started with Transformations 3. Basic Data Manipulation 4. Controlling the Flow of Data 5. Transforming Your Data with JavaScript Code and the JavaScript Step 6. Transforming the Row Set 7. Validating Data and Handling Errors 8. Working with Databases 9. Performing Advanced Operations with Databases 10. Creating Basic Task Flows 11. Creating Advanced Transformations and Jobs 12. Developing and Implementing a Simple Datamart 13. Taking it Further Working with Repositories Pan and Kitchen: Launching Transformations and Jobs from the Command Line Quick Reference: Steps and Job Entries Spoon Shortcuts Introducing PDI 4 Features Pop Quiz Answers Index

Time for action – loading a table with a list of manufacturers


Suppose you love jigsaw puzzles and decided to open a store for selling them. You have made all the arrangements and the only missing thing is the software. You have already acquired a software to handle your business, but you still have one hard task to do—insert data into the database, that is, load the database with the basic information about the products you are about to sell.

As this is the first of several tutorials in which you will interact with that database, the first thing you have to do is to create the database.

Note

For MySQL-specific tasks such as the creation of a database, we will use the MySQL Query Browser, included in the MySQL GUI Tools software. If you don't have it or don't like it, you can accomplish the same tasks by using the MySQL Command Line Client or any other GUI Tool.

  1. From the Packt website, download the script file js.sql.

  2. Launch the MySQL Query Browser.

  3. A dialog window appears asking you for the...

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