Data Resource - Content Resource
About
A content resource is a data resource that:
- or returns data known as runtime data resource (for instance, a SQL Query)
Type
Static
A static data resource is a data resource where the content is stored on disk in a connection that can be selected with a data selector.
The following data operations have impact on the content of stored data resources:
- drop - drop the resource (delete the resource content included)
- truncate - delete the content via metadata update, not the resource
- upsert - upsert data into the content
- insert - insert data into the content
- update - update the content
- delete - delete parts or all of the content
Runtime
A runtime data resource returns its content at runtime (ie the data is not stored but computed). In tabulify, a runtime data resource is known as a runtime.
Diff
Difference in content can been seen via:
- the diff operation
- the digest attributes such as MD5.