RowBinaryWithNames

Documentation for the RowBinaryWithNames format

Input	Output	Alias
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Description

Similar to the RowBinary format, but with added header:

• LEB128-encoded number of columns (N).
• N Strings specifying column names.

Example usage

Format settings

The following settings are common to all RowBinary type formats.

Setting	Description	Default
format_binary_max_string_size	The maximum allowed size for String in RowBinary format.	1GiB
output_format_binary_encode_types_in_binary_format	Allows to write types in header using binary encoding instead of strings with type names in RowBinaryWithNamesAndTypes output format.	false
input_format_binary_decode_types_in_binary_format	Allows to read types in header using binary encoding instead of strings with type names in RowBinaryWithNamesAndTypes input format.	false
output_format_binary_write_json_as_string	Allows to write values of the JSON data type as JSON String values in RowBinary output format.	false
input_format_binary_read_json_as_string	Allows to read values of the JSON data type as JSON String values in RowBinary input format.	false

• If setting input_format_with_names_use_header is set to 1, the columns from input data will be mapped to the columns from the table by their names, columns with unknown names will be skipped.
• If setting input_format_skip_unknown_fields is set to 1. Otherwise, the first row will be skipped.