flat file

基本解释

What we need is a newline-delimited flat file, where each full record is contained on one line.
但我們需要的是按新行分隔的平麪文件，其中每行都包含一條完整的記錄。
Using this data set there is a one-to-one column mapping between the flat file data and the database tables.
在平麪文件數據源和數據庫表之間存在的這個數據集有一個一對一的欄位之間的映射，。
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Inbound work, like number of files in the file system for a flat file adapter or data in a database table for a JDBC adapter, should not grow unusually.
到達的工作（比如平麪文件適配器的文件系統中的文件或 JDBC 適配器的數據庫表中的數據）不應該以超常的速度增長。

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