By default, your Perspectium DataSync Agent will make changes to your database table(s) so that the table(s) in your application match with your database. For example, you DataSync Agent will add database columns and increase the size of database columns to ensure the complete syncing of data. You can, however, turn off this functionality by adding the <skip_alter/> directive within your agent.xml configuration file.
Prerequisites
First, you will need to set up one of the Perspectium DataSync Agents.
You should also stop running your DataSync Agent before making any Agent configuration changes.
Procedure
To skip the alteration of database tables for your DataSync integration, follow these steps:
Access your agent.xml configuration file
Navigate to the directory where you saved your agent.xml file when installing your DataSync Agent.
Add the <skip_alter/> directive
Open your agent.xml file in a text editing application. Then, locate the <task> directive(s) within your <subscribe> directive, and nest the <skip_alter/> directive.
Save your agent.xml
Save the changes you've made to your agent.xml and close the file. Your agent.xml should look similar to the example shown below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" standalone="no"?>
<config>
<agent>
<share/>
<subscribe>
<task instances="4">
<task_name>datasyncforservicenow_to_mysql_subscribe</task_name>
<message_connection password="encrypted:vlOtU71yu8N/EFIJH85SSBtaIt7qEEfvqiqft9VZyYE=" queue="psp.out.replicator.testqueue" user="admin">https://testperspectium.net</message_connection>
<instance_connection password="encrypted:vlOtU71yu8N/EFIJH85SSPN9aF0P5/YViVwPEVFcGW4=" user="test.user">https://myinstance.service-now.com</instance_connection>
<handler>com.perspectium.replicator.sql.SQLSubscriber</handler>
<decryption_key>The cow jumped over the moon</decryption_key>
<database_type>mysql</database_type>
<database_server>localhost</database_server>
<database_port>3306</database_port>
<database_user>root</database_user>
<database_password>encrypted:vlOtU71yu8N/EFIJH85SSMoilKLTeJHQrNZPJ7c5tFU=</database_password>
<database_parms>characterEncoding=UTF-8 & useSSL=false</database_parms>
<database_column_max_size>251</database_column_max_size>
<database>psp_repl</database>
<skip_alter/>
</task>
</subscribe>
<max_reads_per_connect>4000</max_reads_per_connect>
<polling_interval>5</polling_interval>
<skip_message_set_processing/>
</agent>
</config>
Run your Agent again
After configuring your agent.xml file to skip alteration of database tables, start running your DataSync Agent again.
