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How to avoid doubles in a custom table

If you have a script that is used to fill a custom table, you may get doubles, if you do nothing about it.

The reason it doesn't get truncated, is that there is no data transfer on a custom table.

The setup for doubles

You have a custom script. It uses a Insert Into command to fill a table.

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It runs as a Pre Step before data cleansing on the custom table.

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Every time you execute this the line amount doubles.

The solutions

There are three methods to fix this.

  1. You add a truncate [dbo].[tablename_R] as the first line of the script.
  2. You add a check on the table for truncation of the r table after the data cleansing.
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  3. Instead of using a custom script and then calling it as a Pre Step. You use the Custom Table Insert feature. Guide here. You use the same script as before, but remove the insert into statement. This truncates the table.
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The benefits of using method 3 is that you now know exactly what the script does and what table it affects.

 

 

 

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