Joiner Transformation

By the end of this sub-section you will be familiar with:

 When to use a Joiner Transformation
 Homogeneous Joins
 Heterogeneous Joins
 Joiner properties
 Joiner Conditions
 Nested joins

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 Homogeneous Joins
Joins that can be performed with a SQL SELECT statement:
 Source Qualifier contains a SQL join
 Tables on same database server (or are synonyms)
 Database server does the join “work”
 Multiple homogenous tables can be joined

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 Heterogeneous Joins
Joins that cannot be done with a SQL statement:
 An Oracle table and a Sybase table
 Two Informix tables on different database servers
 Two flat files
 A flat file and a database table

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 Joiner Transformation
Performs heterogeneous joins on records from two tables
on same or different databases or flat file sources

 Active Transformation
 Connected
 Ports
• All input or input / output
• “M” denotes port comes
from master source
 Specify the Join condition
 Usage
• Join two flat files
• Join two tables from
different databases
• Join a flat file with a
relational table
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 Joiner Conditions

Multiple
join
conditions
are supported

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 Joiner Properties
Join types:
 “Normal” (inner)
 Master outer
 Detail outer
 Full outer

Set Joiner Cache

Joiner can accept sorted data

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 Sorted Input for Joiner
 Using sorted input improves session performance minimizing the disk
input and output
 The pre-requisites for using the sorted input are
• Database sort order must be same as the session sort order
• Sort order must be configured by the use of sorted sources (flat
files/relational tables) or sorter transformation
• The flow of sorted data must me maintained by avoiding the use of
transformations like Rank, Custom, Normalizer etc. which alter the sort
order
• Enable the sorted input option is properties tab
• The order of the ports used in joining condition must match the order of
the ports at the sort origin
• When joining the Joiner output with another pipeline make sure that the
data from the first joiner is sorted

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 Mid-Mapping Join - Tips
The Joiner does not accept input in the following situations:
 Both input pipelines begin with the same Source Qualifier
 Both input pipelines begin with the same Normalizer
 Both input pipelines begin with the same Joiner
 Either input pipeline contains an Update Strategy