If the source table has an identity or autoincrement field AND the value starts at zero “0” then load table either server -> server or from file will not work. IQ is hard coded to reject the rows with the zero value for identity/autoincrement using load table. Creating a staging table with a numeric field instead of identity/autoincrement will not work with the export file because the export file has the field flagged as an identity/autoincrement field.
This isn’t documented anywhere.
Workaround/resolution:
1. Extract out the source table
2. Create a staging table using the same DDL as the destination table, swapping the identity/autoincrement field with numeric(10,0)
3. Load the table into the staging table
4. Turn on identity_insert for the destination table
Set temporary option identity_insert= 'destination_table';5. Insert into destination table from staging table
Insert into destination_table select * from staging_table;6. Turn off identity_insert for the destination table
Set temporary option identity_insert = ''; 7. Drop staging table
8. Rebuild any views that are invalid
FW Howto: List Invalid Views and fix the views in SAP Sybase IQ