Generate a DTD | Execute the massload utility
Step 3: Resolve identifiers for records that share identifiers with existing data
If you are loading new data into a WebSphere Commerce database that shares identifiers with data that already exists in the WebSphere Commerce database, include the existing data in the XML file that you want to load. The existing data must appear before the new data in the XML file.
An example of this situation is adding a new language to an existing catalog. For example, you have a master catalog in English and you want to add French information to the catalog.
The idresgen utility generates new identifiers for the new data instead of referencing the existing data for either of the following situations:
- You do not include the existing data in your XML file.
- You include the existing data, but the existing data appears after the new data.
By including the existing data before the new data, the idresgen utility is correctly able to resolve the identifiers and relate them to existing identifiers.
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