Data Transformation Engine Resource Adapter Reference Guide
Chapter 6 - Generating Type Trees Using mtsmaker  List of Parameters 
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SQL Statement (-S) 
Specify an SQL statement or a call to a stored procedure using either the 
database-independent or native call syntax that is passed to the database 
management system to determine the content and format of the database output. 
This statement should be the same as the statement you are using to generate 
input for your map. However, you may exclude SQL WHERE clauses because they 
do not affect the format of the result. 
-S "
sql_statement
" 
Note The SQL statement must be enclosed in double quotation marks. 
Table Name (-T) 
Specify the name of the table (or the view that can be updated) for which you 
want to generate the tree script file (.mts). 
-T 
table_name
User ID (-U) 
Specify the user ID to use to connect to the data source. This parameter may be 
required based upon your database security. 
-U 
user_id
Variable Name (-V) 
Specify this parameter whenever needing variable name substitution in a SQL 
query that is contained in an MDQ file. 
-V 
name
=
value
whereby: 
name
 is the name of the variable in the SQL query. 
value
 is the value that should be substituted. 
Note  The equal sign (=) must be included to properly associate the substituted value 
with the variable name. 
For example: 










