I would like to generate a sequence in a new column.
I have an Excel file with pages and I would like to import this Excel file in 3 tables in Oracle 11g.
In each Oracle table, I would like to have an extra column "OBJECTID", and I would like to fill this column with a sequence starting at 1 (1,2,3,4,5,...).
I don't know how I can do that.
Thank you for your answers!
Fabienne
You can use the counter for that, you can also specify an attribute/feature to create a count by (att/feature).
Thank you for you answer. But with the counter, I have to specify an input. I would like FME generate automatically a sequence starting at 1.
Is it possile?
Thank you!
Fabienne
I dont really understand what you mean by automatically...if you specify OBJECTID as you count output attribute and your feature type (fme_feature_type) in the counter name.
This will generate for each feature type a OBJECTID attribute with a count (1,2,3). you should specify that you want to start with 1 in the count start, all FME countings start with zero.
I don't understand what I have to put as Input of the counter. There's still a red arrow as the input of the counter.
I would like to send you an image to help you to understand what I mean but I didn't manage to send you an image here. Have you en e-mail?
Thank you!
You can link an image in the thread (see buttons above).
I gather you are reading the xls, the reader has an arrow, connect the reader to the counter (red arrow).
See more about connections of transformers here:
http://docs.safe.com/fme/html/FME_Workbench/Default.htm#Connecting_Transformers.htm
The image is on my laptop an not on internet. So I cannot link it.
If I link the Reader with the Input of the counter, it doesn't work. Indeed, in this case, the result in my table is:
OBJECTID TYPE COLUMN_NAME DESCRIPTION
(null) Onglet Hommes données pour les hommes 1 (null) (null) (null) (null) Onglet Femmes données pour les femmes
2 (null) (null) (null)
...
I would like to have the following in my table:
OBJECTID TYPE COLUMN_NAME DESCRIPTION
1 Onglet Hommes données pour les hommes 2 Onglet Femmes données pour les femmes
...
Thank you so much for your help!
I guess that you connected the Counter to the Reader in parallel to the main feature stream. If so, try re-connecting it on the main stream in a series.
Takashi
Thank you Takashi.
My counter is in parralel with the arrow from the Excel sheet to the Oracle table, but if I put it in serie, the columns of the Excel sheet and the columns of the Oracle table are not linked anymore.
It is difficult to explain what I have and I cannot put an image to show you my workbench because the image is on my laptop and not on internet.
Do you have an e-mail so that I can send you an image of my workbench?
Thank you!
Fabienne
In that case the you can right click on the connection to the writer and select automatically connect.
Also if you have a dropbox account you can upload the image and share it here.
It is working now!!!
Thank you.
Fabienne