flat file

基本解释

What we need is a newline-delimited flat file, where each full record is contained on one line.
但我们需要的是按新行分隔的平面文件，其中每行都包含一条完整的记录。
Using this data set there is a one-to-one column mapping between the flat file data and the database tables.
在平面文件数据源和数据库表之间存在的这个数据集有一个一对一的栏位之间的映射，。
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Inbound work, like number of files in the file system for a flat file adapter or data in a database table for a JDBC adapter, should not grow unusually.
到达的工作（比如平面文件适配器的文件系统中的文件或 JDBC 适配器的数据库表中的数据）不应该以超常的速度增长。

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