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"insertRecords" (JSON Action)

JSON DB "insertRecords" action inserts records into a table

The "insertRecords" action inserts one or more records into a table.

Request examples

Insert into test1 table using objects

{
  "requestId": "1",
  "api": "db",
  "action": "insertRecords",
  "params": {
    "databaseName": "ctreeSQL",
    "ownerName": "admin",
    "tableName": "test1",
    "dataFormat": "objects",
    "sourceData": [
      {
        "name": "test name 1"
      },
      {
        "name": "test name 2"
      }
    ]
  },
  "authToken": "replaceWithAuthTokenFromCreateSession"
}

Insert into test1 table using an array of arrays

{
  "requestId": "2",
  "api": "db",
  "action": "insertRecords",
  "params": {
    "tableName": "test1",
    "dataFormat": "arrays",
    "fieldNames": [
      "name"
    ],
    "sourceData": [
      [
        "test name 3"
      ],
      [
        "test name 4"
      ]
    ]
  },
  "authToken": "replaceWithAuthTokenFromCreateSession"
}

Insert into athlete table

{
  "api": "db",
  "apiVersion": "1.0",
  "requestId": "3",
  "action": "insertRecords",
  "params": {
    "databaseName": "ctreeSQL",
    "tableName": "athlete",
    "dataFormat": "objects",
    "sourceData": [
      {
        "name": "Michael Jordan",
        "ranking": 1,
        "birthDate": "19630217",
        "playerNumber": 23,
        "livedPast2000": true,
        "earnings": 1700000000,
        "favoriteSaying": "There is no 'i' in team but there is in win."
      },
      {
        "name": "Babe Ruth",
        "ranking": 2,
        "birthDate": "18950206",
        "playerNumber": 3,
        "livedPast2000": false,
        "earnings": 800000,
        "favoriteSaying": "Every strike brings me closer to the next home run."
      },
      {
        "name": "Muhammad Ali",
        "ranking": 3,
        "birthDate": "19420117",
        "playerNumber": 1,
        "livedPast2000": true,
        "earnings": 60000000,
        "favoriteSaying": "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
      },
      {
        "name": "Pele",
        "ranking": 4,
        "birthDate": "19401023",
        "playerNumber": 10,
        "livedPast2000": true,
        "earnings": 115000000,
        "favoriteSaying": "Everything is practice."
      },
      {
        "name": "Wayne Gretzky",
        "ranking": 5,
        "birthDate": "19610126",
        "playerNumber": 99,
        "livedPast2000": true,
        "earnings": 1720000,
        "favoriteSaying": "You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take."
      },
      {
        "name": "Michael Schumacher",
        "ranking": 6,
        "birthDate": "19690103",
        "playerNumber": 1,
        "livedPast2000": true,
        "earnings": 990000000,
        "favoriteSaying": "Once something is a passion, the motivation is there."
      }
    ]
  },
  "authToken": "replaceWithAuthTokenFromCreateSession"
}

Insert into all_types table

{
  "requestId": "4",
  "api": "db",
  "action": "insertRecords",
  "params": {
    "databaseName": "ctreeSQL",
    "ownerName": "admin",
    "tableName": "all_types",
    "dataFormat": "objects",
    "binaryFormat": "hex",
    "sourceData": [
      {
        "nested_json_object_or_array": {
          "hello": "world"
        },
        "boolean_byte": true,
        "signed_int8": -128,
        "signed_int16": -32768,
        "signed_int32": -2147483648,
        "signed_int64": -9223372036854776000,
        "ieee_base2float32": -0.000001,
        "ieee_base2float64": "-9223372036800000000.0",
        "signed32digits_base10_left32right0": "-12345678901234567890123456789012",
        "signed32digits_base10_left0right32": "-0.12345678901234567890123456789012",
        "signed32digits_base10_left20right12": "-12345678901234567890.123456789012",
        "signed32digits_base10_left30right2": "-123456789012345678901234567890.12",
        "signed32digits_base10_left28right4": "-1234567890123456789012345678.9012",
        "date_yyyymmdd": "2023-04-18",
        "time_hhmmssfff": "15:43:59.013",
        "datetime_yyyymmddthhmmssfff": "2023-04-18T15:43:59.013",
        "fixed_string_10bytes": "_  3456  _",
        "variable_string_up_to_max65500bytes": "Variable-length string up to 65,500 bytes.",
        "variable_string_up_to_2GB": "Variable-length string up to 2GB in length.",
        "fixed_binary_10bytes": "FF00FF",
        "variable_binary_up_to_max65500bytes": "FF00FF",
        "variable_binary_up_to_2GB": "FF00FF"
      }
    ]
  },
  "responseOptions": {
    "binaryFormat": "hex",
    "dataFormat": "objects",
    "numberFormat": "string",
    "variantFormat": "variantObject"
  },
  "apiVersion": "1.0",
  "debug": "max",
  "authToken": "replaceWithAuthTokenFromCreateSession"
}

Response examples

Insert into test1 table because of an incorrect field name failure

{
  "result": {
    "dataFormat": "objects",
    "binaryFormat": "hexadecimal",
    "fields": [
      {
        "name": "id",
        "type": "bigint",
        "length": null,
        "scale": null,
        "autoTimestamp": "none",
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": false,
        "primaryKey": 1
      },
      {
        "name": "changeId",
        "type": "bigint",
        "length": null,
        "scale": null,
        "autoTimestamp": "none",
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0
      },
      {
        "name": "name",
        "type": "varchar",
        "length": 50,
        "scale": null,
        "autoTimestamp": "none",
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0
      }
    ],
    "data": []
  },
  "requestId": "1",
  "errorCode": 4014,
  "errorMessage": "field 'BOGUS' does not belong to the table",
  "authToken": "replaceWithAuthTokenFromCreateSession"
}

Successfully inserted into test1 table

{
  "result": {
    "dataFormat": "objects",
    "binaryFormat": "hex",
    "fields": [
      {
        "name": "id",
        "type": "bigint",
        "length": null,
        "scale": null,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": false,
        "primaryKey": 1,
        "autoValue": "incrementOnInsert"
      },
      {
        "name": "changeId",
        "type": "bigint",
        "length": null,
        "scale": null,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0,
        "autoValue": "changeId"
      },
      {
        "name": "name",
        "type": "varchar",
        "length": 50,
        "scale": null,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0,
        "autoValue": "none"
      }
    ],
    "data": [
      {
        "changeId": 1289789,
        "id": 1,
        "name": "test name 1"
      },
      {
        "changeId": 1289789,
        "id": 2,
        "name": "test name 2"
      }
    ],
    "primaryKeyFields": [
      "id"
    ],
    "changeIdField": "changeId"
  },
  "requestId": "1",
  "errorCode": 0,
  "errorMessage": "",
  "authToken": "replaceWithAuthTokenFromCreateSession"
}

Insert into all_types table

{
  "result": {
    "dataFormat": "objects",
    "binaryFormat": "hex",
    "fields": [
      {
        "name": "id",
        "type": "bigint",
        "length": null,
        "scale": null,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": false,
        "primaryKey": 1,
        "autoValue": "incrementOnInsert"
      },
      {
        "name": "changeId",
        "type": "bigint",
        "length": null,
        "scale": null,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0,
        "autoValue": "changeId"
      },
      {
        "name": "nested_json_object_or_array",
        "type": "json",
        "length": 65500,
        "scale": null,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0,
        "autoValue": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "boolean_byte",
        "type": "bit",
        "length": null,
        "scale": null,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0,
        "autoValue": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "signed_int8",
        "type": "tinyint",
        "length": null,
        "scale": null,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0,
        "autoValue": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "signed_int16",
        "type": "smallint",
        "length": null,
        "scale": null,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0,
        "autoValue": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "signed_int32",
        "type": "integer",
        "length": null,
        "scale": null,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0,
        "autoValue": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "signed_int64",
        "type": "bigint",
        "length": null,
        "scale": null,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0,
        "autoValue": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "ieee_base2float32",
        "type": "real",
        "length": null,
        "scale": null,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0,
        "autoValue": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "ieee_base2float64",
        "type": "float",
        "length": null,
        "scale": null,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0,
        "autoValue": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "signed32digits_base10_left32right0",
        "type": "number",
        "length": 32,
        "scale": 0,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0,
        "autoValue": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "signed32digits_base10_left0right32",
        "type": "number",
        "length": 32,
        "scale": 32,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0,
        "autoValue": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "signed32digits_base10_left20right12",
        "type": "number",
        "length": 32,
        "scale": 12,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0,
        "autoValue": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "signed32digits_base10_left30right2",
        "type": "money",
        "length": 32,
        "scale": 2,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0,
        "autoValue": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "signed32digits_base10_left28right4",
        "type": "money",
        "length": 32,
        "scale": 4,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0,
        "autoValue": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "date_yyyymmdd",
        "type": "date",
        "length": null,
        "scale": null,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0,
        "autoValue": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "time_hhmmssfff",
        "type": "time",
        "length": null,
        "scale": null,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0,
        "autoValue": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "datetime_yyyymmddthhmmssfff",
        "type": "timestamp",
        "length": null,
        "scale": null,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0,
        "autoValue": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "fixed_string_10bytes",
        "type": "char",
        "length": 10,
        "scale": null,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0,
        "autoValue": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "variable_string_up_to_max65500bytes",
        "type": "varchar",
        "length": 65500,
        "scale": null,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0,
        "autoValue": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "variable_string_up_to_2GB",
        "type": "lvarchar",
        "length": null,
        "scale": null,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0,
        "autoValue": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "fixed_binary_10bytes",
        "type": "binary",
        "length": 10,
        "scale": null,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0,
        "autoValue": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "variable_binary_up_to_max65500bytes",
        "type": "varbinary",
        "length": 65500,
        "scale": null,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0,
        "autoValue": "none"
      },
      {
        "name": "variable_binary_up_to_2GB",
        "type": "lvarbinary",
        "length": null,
        "scale": null,
        "defaultValue": null,
        "nullable": true,
        "primaryKey": 0,
        "autoValue": "none"
      }
    ],
    "data": [
      {
        "boolean_byte": true,
        "changeId": "1293834",
        "date_yyyymmdd": "2023-04-18",
        "datetime_yyyymmddthhmmssfff": "2023-04-18T15:43:59.013",
        "fixed_binary_10bytes": "FF00FF00000000000000",
        "fixed_string_10bytes": "_  3456  _",
        "id": "1",
        "ieee_base2float32": "-1e-06",
        "ieee_base2float64": "-9.22337e+18",
        "nested_json_object_or_array": {
          "hello": "world"
        },
        "signed32digits_base10_left0right32": "-0.12345678901234567890123456789012",
        "signed32digits_base10_left20right12": "-12345678901234567890.123456789012",
        "signed32digits_base10_left28right4": "-1234567890123456789012345678.9012",
        "signed32digits_base10_left30right2": "-123456789012345678901234567890.12",
        "signed32digits_base10_left32right0": "-12345678901234567890123456789012",
        "signed_int16": "-32768",
        "signed_int32": "-2147483648",
        "signed_int64": "-9223372036854775808",
        "signed_int8": "-128",
        "time_hhmmssfff": "15:43:59.013",
        "variable_binary_up_to_2GB": "FF00FF",
        "variable_binary_up_to_max65500bytes": "FF00FF",
        "variable_string_up_to_2GB": "Variable-length string up to 2GB in length.",
        "variable_string_up_to_max65500bytes": "Variable-length string up to 65,500 bytes."
      }
    ],
    "primaryKeyFields": [
      "id"
    ],
    "changeIdField": "changeId"
  },
  "requestId": "4",
  "debugInfo": {
    "request": {
      "api": "db",
      "action": "insertRecords",
      "params": {
        "databaseName": "ctreeSQL",
        "ownerName": "admin",
        "tableName": "all_types",
        "dataFormat": "objects",
        "binaryFormat": "hex",
        "variantFormat": "variantObject",
        "sourceData": [
          {
            "nested_json_object_or_array": {
              "hello": "world"
            },
            "boolean_byte": true,
            "signed_int8": -128,
            "signed_int16": -32768,
            "signed_int32": -2147483648,
            "signed_int64": -9223372036854776000,
            "ieee_base2float32": -0.000001,
            "ieee_base2float64": "-9223372036800000000.0",
            "signed32digits_base10_left32right0": "-12345678901234567890123456789012",
            "signed32digits_base10_left0right32": "-0.12345678901234567890123456789012",
            "signed32digits_base10_left20right12": "-12345678901234567890.123456789012",
            "signed32digits_base10_left30right2": "-123456789012345678901234567890.12",
            "signed32digits_base10_left28right4": "-1234567890123456789012345678.9012",
            "date_yyyymmdd": "2023-04-18",
            "time_hhmmssfff": "15:43:59.013",
            "datetime_yyyymmddthhmmssfff": "2023-04-18T15:43:59.013",
            "fixed_string_10bytes": "_  3456  _",
            "variable_string_up_to_max65500bytes": "Variable-length string up to 65,500 bytes.",
            "variable_string_up_to_2GB": "Variable-length string up to 2GB in length.",
            "fixed_binary_10bytes": "FF00FF",
            "variable_binary_up_to_max65500bytes": "FF00FF",
            "variable_binary_up_to_2GB": "FF00FF"
          }
        ]
      },
      "apiVersion": "1.0",
      "requestId": "4",
      "responseOptions": {
        "binaryFormat": "hex",
        "dataFormat": "objects",
        "numberFormat": "string",
        "variantFormat": "variantObject"
      },
      "debug": "max",
      "authToken": "replaceWithAuthTokenFromCreateSession"
    },
    "serverSuppliedValues": {
      "databaseName": "ctreeSQL",
      "ownerName": "admin"
    },
    "errorData": {
      "errorData": null
    },
    "warnings": []
  },
  "errorCode": 0,
  "errorMessage": "",
  "authToken": "replaceWithAuthTokenFromCreateSession"
}

Use the insertRecords JSON API action to insert records into a table

API actionsJSON DB APIJSON Actioninsert recordsinsertRecords

"params"

The "params" property is an object that contains an action's request parameters as defined by a set of properties. Each action defines its own required and optional properties. See System limits for a comprehensive overview of property requirements and limitations.

Table 1. "params" property summaries

Property

Description

Default

Type

Limits (inclusive)

binaryFormat

(optional) specifies how binary values are returned

"hex"

string

One of the following: "base64", "hex", or "byteArray".

databaseName

(optional) specifies the name of a database.

Defaults to the "defaultDatabaseName" value that is set during "createSession". If no default is set during "createSession", then "faircom" is used.

string

1 to 64 bytes

dataFormat

(optional) specifies the returned results as an array of array, an array of objects, or the default setting defined at login.

"arrays"

string

"default"
"arrays"
"objects"

fieldNames

(optional) specifies the names of fields in a table

[]

When "sourceData" is an array of arrays, it is required and has no default value.

array

1 to 64 bytes

ownerName

(optional) specifies the unique name of a schema in a database.

""

string

1 to 64 bytes

sourceData

(optional) contains either an array of objects or an array of arrays (depending on the specified "dataFormat") in each object or nested array is the source data for an insert or update operation

[]

array

tableName

specifies the name of a table

Required - No default value

string

1 to 64 bytes

variantFormat

(optional) tells the server how to interpret the variant-type data included in the request

"json"

string

"json"
"binary"
"string"
"variantObject"


"binaryFormat"

"databaseName"

The "databaseName" property is an optional string that specifies the database that contains the tables. It defaults to the database name supplied at login.

Note

In the API Explorer, "defaultDatabaseName" is set to "ctreeSQL" in the "createSession" action that happens at login.

  • A zero-length "databaseName" is invalid.

  • Its length limit is from 0 to 64 bytes.

  • If the "databaseName" property is omitted or set to null, the server will use the default database name specified at login.

  • If no default database is specified during "createSession", "databaseName" will be set to the "defaultDatabaseName" value that is specified in the services.json file.

"params": {
  "databaseName": "mainDatabase"
  }

"dataFormat"

The "dataFormat" property is a case-insensitive string enum that defines the format of the "data" property. The default format is an array of arrays. The alternative is an array of objects. The default for "dataFormat" can be changed during a "createSession" action by assigning a different value to the "dataFormat" property in "defaultResponseOptions".

There are three different (but similar) versions of the "dataFormat" property:

Two of those versions occur in a request, and another occurs in a response. They all indicate how data is formatted.

  • "dataFormat" in the request in "responseOptions" determines how the "data" property in the response is formatted.

    Possible values include:

    • "arrays"

      This is the default and causes the server to return results as an array of arrays, which is the most efficient.

    • "objects"

      This returns results as an array of objects. This is less efficient but is simpler to generate, read, and troubleshoot.

  • "dataFormat" in the request in the "params" object notifies the server how the "sourceData" property is formatted in the request. This version is rarely used because of the default "autoDetect" behavior.

    Possible values include:

    • "arrays"

      This causes the server to return results as an array of arrays, which is the most efficient.

    • "objects"

      This returns results as an array of objects. This is less efficient but is simpler to generate, read, and troubleshoot.

    • "autoDetect"

      This is the default, and the server automatically detects the format of the data in the "sourceData" property.

  • "dataFormat" in the response shows the client how the server formatted the "data" property.

    Possible values include:

    • "arrays"

      This is the default and causes the server to return results as an array of arrays, which is the most efficient.

    • "objects"

      This returns results as an array of objects. This is less efficient but is simpler to generate, read, and troubleshoot.

Example response

{
  "result": {
    "dataFormat": "objects"
  }
}

"fieldNames"

The "fieldNames" property is an optional, case-sensitive array of strings where each string is the name of a field. It defaults to an empty array.

  • "fieldNames" is required in two possible cases:

    • When "dataFormat" is set to "arrays".

    • When "dataFormat" is set to "autoDetect" and the value in "sourceData" is an array of arrays.

  • It is recommended to create tables with all lowercase "fieldNames".

"ownerName"

The "ownerName" property is an optional string from 1 to 64 bytes that identifies the user who owns an object (see Object owner). If it is omitted or set to "" or null, the server uses the default owner name supplied during the "createSession" action or uses the account's "username" as the owner name.

"params": {
  "ownerName": "SuperUser"
}

"tableName"

The required "tableName" property is a string containing the name of a table.

See table name in System limits for the table naming requirements and limitations.

Example request

"params": {
  "tableName": "ctreeTable"
}

"variantFormat"

The "variantFormat" property tells the server how to interpret the variant data included in a JSON Action request.

"responseOptions"

Table 2. "responseOptions" property summaries

Property

Description

Default

Type

Limits (inclusive)

binaryFormat

specifies how binary values are returned

"hex"

string

One of the following: "base64", "hex", or "byteArray".

dataFormat

specifies what format the results will be returned in

"arrays"

string

"default"
"arrays"
"objects"

excludeFields

(optional) specifies which fields are excluded in the response message

[]

When the array is empty or the property is not specified, the includeFields behavior applies

array

excludePaths

specifies which paths are excluded in the response message

[]

When the array is empty or the property is not specified, the includePaths behavior applies

array

includeFields

(optional) specifies which fields are returned in the response message

[]

When the array is empty or the property is not specified, all fields are returned

array

includePaths

specifies which paths are included in the response message

[]

When the array is empty or the property is not specified, all paths are returned

array

numberFormat

specifies how numbers are formatted in the JSON response message

"number"

string

"number"
"string"

omit

specifies which properties are excluded in the response message

{}

object

variantFormat

(optional) specifies how the server will represent the values of variant fields in its response to your request

"json"

string

"json"
"binary"
"string"
"variantObject"


"binaryFormat"

"dataFormat"

"numberFormat"

The "numberFormat" property is an optional, case-insensitive string enum. It defines the format of JSON numbers. The default value for "numberFormat" is the "defaultNumberFormat" defined in the "createSession" or "alterSession" actions. If it is omitted there, it defaults to the value of the "defaultNumberFormat" property in the <faircom>/config/services.json file.

When "numberFormat" occurs in "mapOfPropertiesToFields", it tells the server how to encode or decode a number assigned to a JSON property.

For example, including "numberFormat" in a "tableFieldsToJson" transform step controls if the server encodes a number in a JSON property as a number or a number embedded in a string.

Possible values:

  • "number"

    This causes the server to return numeric values as JSON numbers, such as -18446744073709551616.000144722494 .

    This is most efficient.

    JSON represents numbers are base-ten numbers that may have any number of digits.

    Large numbers, such as 18446744073709551616.000144722494 are known to cause problems with JSON parsers and some programming languages, such as JavaScript, which are limited to the smaller range and binary rounding errors of IEEE floating point numbers.

  • "string"

    This returns the server to embed numeric values in JSON strings, such as "18446744073709551616.000144722494" .

    This is slightly less efficient because it includes two extra double quote characters

    Returning numbers embedded in strings ensures JSON parsers and programming languages will not automatically convert the number to a numeric representation that loses precision, introduces rounding errors, truncates values, or generates errors. This allows your application to control how numbers are processed.

  • Omitted or set to null

    This defaults to "number".

Example request

{
  "action": "someAction",
  "responseOptions":
  {
    "numberFormat": "string"
  },
  "authToken": "replaceWithAuthTokenFromCreateSession"
}

"variantFormat"

The "variantFormat" property tells the server how to format the values of variant fields in its response to your request.

"result"

Table 3. "result" properties summary

Property

Description

Type

Limits (inclusive)

binaryFormat

specifies how binary values are returned

string

One of the following: "base64", "hex", or "byteArray".

data

is an array of objects or arrays. Each item in the array describes a record. The array is empty if no results are available.

array

The action determines its contents.

dataFormat

identifies the format of the data in the "data" property.

string

"autoDetect"
"arrays"
"objects"

fields

is an array of objects, one for each field. Each object contains the field's characteristics.

array



"binaryFormat"

"dataFormat"

The "dataFormat" property is a case-insensitive string enum that defines the format of the "data" property. The default format is an array of arrays. The alternative is an array of objects. The default for "dataFormat" can be changed during a "createSession" action by assigning a different value to the "dataFormat" property in "defaultResponseOptions".

There are three different (but similar) versions of the "dataFormat" property:

Two of those versions occur in a request, and another occurs in a response. They all indicate how data is formatted.

  • "dataFormat" in the request in "responseOptions" determines how the "data" property in the response is formatted.

    Possible values include:

    • "arrays"

      This is the default and causes the server to return results as an array of arrays, which is the most efficient.

    • "objects"

      This returns results as an array of objects. This is less efficient but is simpler to generate, read, and troubleshoot.

  • "dataFormat" in the request in the "params" object notifies the server how the "sourceData" property is formatted in the request. This version is rarely used because of the default "autoDetect" behavior.

    Possible values include:

    • "arrays"

      This causes the server to return results as an array of arrays, which is the most efficient.

    • "objects"

      This returns results as an array of objects. This is less efficient but is simpler to generate, read, and troubleshoot.

    • "autoDetect"

      This is the default, and the server automatically detects the format of the data in the "sourceData" property.

  • "dataFormat" in the response shows the client how the server formatted the "data" property.

    Possible values include:

    • "arrays"

      This is the default and causes the server to return results as an array of arrays, which is the most efficient.

    • "objects"

      This returns results as an array of objects. This is less efficient but is simpler to generate, read, and troubleshoot.

Example response

{
  "result": {
    "dataFormat": "objects"
  }
}

"fields"

The "fields" property is an array of objects. It is required when creating a table. Each object in the array defines a field by specifying its properties.

Example

"fields": [
  {
    "autoValue": "none",
    "name": "name",
    "type": "varchar",
    "length": 50,
    "scale": null,
    "defaultValue": null,
    "nullable": false
  }
]

A database is a set of data that is managed by a database server. A database contains data that is organized into tables, records, and fields. A database is a huge composite data type that represents a group of interconnected objects. A database allows records to be joined together for querying, searching, and processing by users, applications, and services.

A database is a security container that controls which accounts have permissions to access specific data.