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Talend Open Studio Cookbook

By : Rick Barton
Book Image

Talend Open Studio Cookbook

By: Rick Barton

Overview of this book

Data integration is a key component of an organization's technical strategy, yet historically the tools have been very expensive. Talend Open Studio is the world's leading open source data integration product and has played a huge part in making open source data integration a popular choice for businesses worldwide.This book is a welcome addition to the small but growing library of Talend Open Studio resources. From working with schemas to creating and validating test data, to scheduling your Talend code, you will get acquainted with the various Talend database handling techniques. Each recipe is designed to provide the key learning point in a short, simple and effective manner.This comprehensive guide provides practical exercises that cover all areas of the Talend development lifecycle including development, testing, debugging and deployment. The book delivers design patterns, hints, tips, and advice in a series of short and focused exercises that can be approached as a reference for more seasoned developers or as a series of useful learning tutorials for the beginner.The book covers the basics in terms of schema usage and mappings, along with dedicated sections that will allow you to get more from tMap, files, databases and XML. Geared towards the whole lifecycle, the Talend Open Studio Cookbook shows readers great ways to handle everyday tasks, and provides an insight into all areas of a development cycle including coding, testing, and debugging of code to provide start-to-finish coverage of the product.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Talend Open Studio Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Common Type Conversions
Index

Setting up a database connection


This recipe shows how a database connection can be easily created using the Talend supplied wizard. Note that this recipe and the next use the connection cookbookDB_myCopy. This version of the database metadata is used for demonstration only. All the other jobs in this chapter use the connection cookbookDB unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Getting ready

Ensure that MySQL is running and you have executed the command mentioned in the Introduction section.

How to do it...

The steps to be performed are as follows:

  1. Navigate to Metadata | Db Connections. Right-click on it and select Create connection.

  2. Set the name as cookbookDB_myCopy and click on Next.

  3. Select the database as MySQL from the drop-down list and then enter the details as shown in the following screenshot: Note that I have set up a talend login on MySQL, so I use this. You will need to set up the information to match your database credentials.

  4. Click on the Check button and you should see the message: cookbookDB_myCopy...