SQLServer-CDC

Overview

The SQLServer Extract Node reads data and incremental data from the SQLServer database. The following will describe how to set up the SQLServer extraction node.

Supported Version

Extract Node	Version
SQLServer-cdc	SQLServer: 2014、2016、2017、2019、2022

Dependencies

Introduce related SQLServer Extract Node dependencies through maven. Of course, you can also use INLONG to provide jar packages.(sort-connector-sqlserver-cdc)

Maven dependency

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.inlong</groupId>
    <artifactId>sort-connector-sqlserver-cdc</artifactId>
    <version>1.5.0</version>
</dependency>

Setup SQLServer Extract Node

SQLServer Extract Node needs to open related libraries and tables, the steps are as follows:

1. Enable the CDC function for the database.

if exists(select 1 from sys.databases where name='dbName' and is_cdc_enabled=0)
begin
    exec sys.sp_cdc_enable_db
end

2. Check the database CDC capability status.

select is_cdc_enabled from sys.databases where name='dbName'

note: 1 is running CDC of DB.

3. Turn on CDC for the table

IF EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM sys.tables WHERE name='tableName' AND is_tracked_by_cdc = 0)
BEGIN
    EXEC sys.sp_cdc_enable_table
        @source_schema = 'dbo', -- source_schema
        @source_name = 'tableName', -- table_name
        @capture_instance = NULL, -- capture_instance
        @supports_net_changes = 1, -- supports_net_changes
        @role_name = NULL, -- role_name
        @index_name = NULL, -- index_name
        @captured_column_list = NULL, -- captured_column_list
        @filegroup_name = 'PRIMARY' -- filegroup_name
END

note: The table must have a primary key or unique index.

4. Check the table CDC capability status.

SELECT is_tracked_by_cdc FROM sys.tables WHERE name='tableName'

note: 1 is running CDC of table.

How to create a SQLServer Extract Node

Usage for SQL API

The example below shows how to create a SQLServer Extract Node with Flink SQL Cli :

-- Set checkpoint every 3000 milliseconds                       
Flink SQL> SET 'execution.checkpointing.interval' = '3s';   

-- Create a SQLServer table 'sqlserver_extract_node' in Flink SQL Cli
Flink SQL> CREATE TABLE sqlserver_extract_node (
     order_id INT,
     order_date TIMESTAMP(0),
     customer_name STRING,
     price DECIMAL(10, 5),
     product_id INT,
     order_status BOOLEAN,
     PRIMARY KEY(order_id) NOT ENFORCED
     ) WITH (
     'connector' = 'sqlserver-cdc-inlong',
     'hostname' = 'YourHostname',
     'port' = 'port', --default:1433
     'username' = 'YourUsername',
     'password' = 'YourPassword',
     'database-name' = 'YourDatabaseName',
     'schema-name' = 'YourSchemaName' -- default:dbo
     'table-name' = 'YourTableName');
  
-- Read snapshot and binlog from sqlserver_extract_node
Flink SQL> SELECT * FROM sqlserver_extract_node;

Usage for InLong Dashboard

TODO

Usage for InLong Manager Client

TODO

SQLServer Extract Node Options

Option	Required	Default	Type	Description
connector	required	(none)	String	Specify what connector to use, here should be 'sqlserver-cdc-inlong'.
hostname	required	(none)	String	IP address or hostname of the SQLServer database.
username	required	(none)	String	Username to use when connecting to the SQLServer database.
password	required	(none)	String	Password to use when connecting to the SQLServer database.
database-name	required	(none)	String	Database name of the SQLServer database to monitor.
schema-name	required	dbo	String	Schema name of the SQLServer database to monitor.
table-name	required	(none)	String	Table name of the SQLServer database to monitor.
port	optional	1433	Integer	Integer port number of the SQLServer database.
server-time-zone	optional	UTC	String	The session time zone in database server, e.g. "Asia/Shanghai".
inlong.metric.labels	optional	(none)	String	Inlong metric label, format of value is groupId=[groupId]&streamId=[streamId]&nodeId=[nodeId].

Available Metadata

The following format metadata can be exposed as read-only (VIRTUAL) columns in a table definition.

Key	DataType	Description
meta.table_name	STRING NOT NULL	Name of the table that contain the row.
meta.schema_name	STRING NOT NULL	Name of the schema that contain the row.
meta.database_name	STRING NOT NULL	Name of the database that contain the row.
meta.op_ts	TIMESTAMP_LTZ(3) NOT NULL	It indicates the time that the change was made in the database. If the record is read from snapshot of the table instead of the binlog, the value is always 0.

The extended CREATE TABLE example demonstrates the syntax for exposing these metadata fields:

CREATE TABLE sqlserver_extract_node (
    table_name STRING METADATA  FROM 'table_name' VIRTUAL,
    schema_name STRING METADATA  FROM 'schema_name' VIRTUAL,
    db_name STRING METADATA FROM 'database_name' VIRTUAL,
    operation_ts TIMESTAMP_LTZ(3) METADATA FROM 'op_ts' VIRTUAL,
    id INT NOT NULL
) WITH (
    'connector' = 'sqlserver-cdc-inlong',
    'hostname' = 'localhost',
    'port' = '1433',
    'username' = 'sa',
    'password' = 'password',
    'database-name' = 'test',
    'schema-name' = 'dbo',
    'table-name' = 'worker'
);

Data Type Mapping

SQLServer type	Flink SQL type
char(n)	CHAR(n)
varchar(n) nvarchar(n) nchar(n)	VARCHAR(n)
text ntext xml	STRING
decimal(p, s) money smallmoney	DECIMAL(p, s)
numeric	NUMERIC
REAL FLOAT	FLOAT
bit	BOOLEAN
int	INT
tinyint	TINYINT
smallint	SMALLINT
time (n)	TIME (n)
bigint	BIGINT
date	DATE
datetime2 datetime smalldatetime	TIMESTAMP(n)
datetimeoffset	TIMESTAMP_LTZ(3)