Intergraph GeoMedia SQL Server Warehouse Writer Parameters

About Database Connections

Database formats include a Database Connection parameter that defines and stores authentication information. For general information about sharing database connections, please see Using Database Connections.

Note that Database Connection parameters differ slightly, depending on context and/or database format.

Connection

From the Connection parameter in a database format, you can do one of the following:

  • Select an existing, previously defined connection. See the section Reusing a Database Connection in Using Database Connections
  • Select Add Database Connection to define a new connection. See database-specific parameters below, as well as the section Adding a Database Connection in a Workspace in Using Database Connections The new connection can be made visible only to the current user, or can be shared among multiple users.
Adding a Database Connection for Intergraph GeoMedia Access Warehouse and GeoMedia SQL Server Warehouse

Note that parameter selection may vary, depending on the format and Authentication method.

Entering a descriptive name allows you to easily find the connection in future workspaces. The following characters are not allowed in connection names: ^ \ / : * ? " < > | & = ' + % #

Specifies the name of the server hosting the Microsoft SQL Server that stores the GeoMedia warehouse.

The name of the database to connect to.

When connecting through a Windows user account, select Windows Authentication. The database can validate the account name and password using the Windows principal token in the operating system.

The user account is retrieved by Windows, so if you choose Windows Authentication, the Username and Password parameters are ignored.

Select SQL Server Authentication to proceed with specifying login credentials through the Username and Password parameters.

When Authentication is set to SQL Server Authentication, enter the username and password to access the database.

Text Options

Specifies that features of FME type fme_text are written in plain text.

If this option is left unchecked, the writer formats text objects in rich text format (RTF) to insert the text size as part of the object, since text size cannot be set any other way during translation. The default font size is 10 unless the font size is specified in the Font Size parameter.

Specifies the RTF font size, in points.

Allowed font size is between 1 to 1024 inclusive. At this time the font size for rich text is the only supported style for writing.

GeoMedia Warehouse Version

Specifies the version of the GeoMedia warehouse to write to. By default, the writer determines the version of the existing warehouse and writes to it regardless of this setting. If the warehouse does not exist, or the existing version is not supported by FME, the writer creates one according to the version specified.

Advanced

Tells the writer when to start actually writing features into the database. The writer does not write any features until the feature is reached that belongs to the transaction number of the last successful transaction + 1. A value of zero causes every feature to be output. Normally, a non-zero value is only specified when a data load operation is resumed after failing partway through.

The number of features to place in each transaction before a transaction is committed to the database.

Instructs FME to immediately write each row of data to the database, rather than batching up writes into bulk arrays. Bulk arrays are normally preferred, as they require fewer queries sent to the database to store the data.