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How do I use the MySQLCreateTableV2Receiver?

Use the MySQLCreateTableV2Receiver for creating and managing database tables in MySQL.

April Hatton
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Updated May 15th, 2026
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1.4 min read

Description

The MySQLCreateTableV2Receiver can be used to create a table in a MySQL database.

Receiver Parameters

The following parameters can be defined for the MySQLCreateTableV2Receiver. Items with an asterisk (*) are required.

  • resourcePath* - Defines the directory of the resource that contains the database connection information on the user's local machine.
  • resourceSubDir - Defines the sub-directory of the resource that contains the database connection information on the user's local machine.
  • resourceName* - Defines the name of the resource that contains the database connection information on the user's local machine.
  • databaseName* - The name of the database to create the SQL table in.
  • tableName* - The name of the SQL table.
  • engineType* - Specifies which MySQL database engine to use.
  • primaryKeyName - Specifies the name of the attribute that is recognized as the table's primary key.
  • autoIncrement* - Specifies if the primary key should be auto incremented.
  • characterSet*- Specifies the character set to be used when creating the table.
  • endOfLine* - The character(s) appended to the end of each line depending on the operating system.
  • path - Defines the directory path where the output file should be stored.
  • fileName - Name of the file the SQL create statement will be output to.

Column Data Types

This Receiver uses the following MySQL specific column data types:

  • BIGINT
  • BIGINT UNSIGNED
  • BINARY
  • BIT
  • BLOB
  • BOOL
  • CHAR
  • DATE
  • DATETIME
  • DECIMAL
  • DOUBLE
  • DOUBLE PRECISION
  • ENUM
  • FLOAT
  • INT
  • INT UNSIGNED
  • LONG VARBINARY
  • LONG VARCHAR
  • LONGBLOB
  • LONGTEXT
  • MEDIUMBLOB
  • MEDIUMINT
  • MEDIUMINT UNSIGNED
  • MEDIUMTEXT
  • NUMERIC
  • REAL
  • SET
  • SMALLINT
  • SMALLING UNSIGNED
  • TEXT
  • TIME
  • TIMESTAMP
  • TINYBLOB
  • TINYINT
  • TINYINT UNSIGNED
  • TINYTEXT
  • VARBINARY
  • VARCHAR

 

JDBC Configuration File

This Receiver utilizes a configuration file stored locally on the user's computer or a shared test server to obtain the necessary information to connect to a specific database via JDBC. For detailed information, refer to ‘What is a JDBC Config File?’

Receiver Attribute Property Keys

The Receiver defines nine property keys that can be modified on any of its associated Domain Attributes:

  • columnName - Specifies the column name as it will be created in the SQL statement.
  • columnType - Specifies the type of column that will be created.
  • columnSize - Specifies the size of the column.
  • notNull - Specifies whether a column is or is not null.
  • foreignTable - Name of the table to reference for the foreign key.
  • foreignColumn - Name of column to reference in foreign table.
  • onUpdate - InnoDB supports foreign key constraints for ON UPDATE.
  • onDelete - InnoDB supports foreign key constraints for ON DELETE.
  • unique - Specifies whether a column has a unique index.