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BlackHole SQL Connector #

Sink Sink

The BlackHole connector allows for swallowing all input records. It is designed for:

• high performance testing.
• UDF to output, not substantive sink.

Just like /dev/null device on Unix-like operating systems.

The BlackHole connector is built-in.

How to create a BlackHole table #

CREATE TABLE blackhole_table (
  f0 INT,
  f1 INT,
  f2 STRING,
  f3 DOUBLE
) WITH (
  'connector' = 'blackhole'
);

Alternatively, it may be based on an existing schema using the LIKE Clause.

CREATE TABLE blackhole_table WITH ('connector' = 'blackhole')
LIKE source_table (EXCLUDING ALL)

Connector Options #