[jira] [Commented] (SQOOP-1175) Allow using multiple character delimiters

["Brenden Cobb (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

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Brenden Cobb commented on SQOOP-1175:
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The single delimiter is pretty restrictive. I often need to get data in/out of Oracle that has yet to be cleaned, so there are embedded (typical) delimiter characters all over. A double delimiter is an easy way to alleviate the pain of workarounds outside of Sqoop.

Custom delimiters is a very basic feature of sqlldr and it seems like a natural fit for Sqoop.  

> Allow using multiple character delimiters
> -----------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: SQOOP-1175
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SQOOP-1175
>             Project: Sqoop
>          Issue Type: Improvement
>    Affects Versions: 1.4.4
>            Reporter: Jarek Jarcec Cecho
>
> All 4 currently supported delimiters are defined as a {{char}} ([code|https://github.com/apache/sqoop/blob/trunk/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/lib/DelimiterSet.java#L27]) effectively allowing only single character delimiters. It might be useful to convert those into string and allow multiple character delimiters.



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