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Update README to describe existing support for AVRO
The loader already supports AVRO files, but I nearly didn't use it because the docs only list CSV and JSON as the supported formats. This makes it clear AVRO is supported.
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you can specify a time-based threshold which triggers a load.
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You can specify any of the many COPY options available, and we support loading
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both CSV files (of any delimiter), as well as JSON files (with or without JSON
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CSV files (of any delimiter), AVRO files, as well as JSON files (with or without JSON
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paths specifications). All Passwords and Access Keys are encrypted for security.
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With AWS Lambda you get automatic scaling, high availability, and built in Amazon
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CloudWatch Logging.
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Enter the Database Password | Y | The password for the database user. Will be encrypted before storage in Dynamo DB.
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Enter the Table to be Loaded | Y | The Table Name to be loaded with the input data.
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Should the Table be Truncated before Load? (Y/N) | N | Option to truncate the table prior to loading. Use this option if you will subsequently process the input patch and only want to see 'new' data with this ELT process.
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Enter the Data Format (CSV or JSON) | Y | Whether the data format is Character Separated Values or JSON data (http://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/copy-usage_notes-copy-from-json.html).
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Enter the Data Format (CSV, JSON or AVRO) | Y | Whether the data format is Character Separated Values, AVRO or JSON data (http://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/copy-usage_notes-copy-from-json.html).
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If CSV, Enter the CSV Delimiter | Yes if Data Format = CSV | Single character delimiter value, such as ',' (comma) or '|' (pipe).
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If JSON, Enter the JSON Paths File Location on S3 (or NULL for Auto) | Yes if Data Format = JSON | Location of the JSON paths file to use to map the file attributes to the database table. If not filled, the COPY command uses option 'json = auto' and the file attributes must have the same name as the column names in the target table.
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Enter the S3 Bucket for Redshift COPY Manifests | Y | The S3 Bucket in which to store the manifest files used to perform the COPY. Should not be the input location for the load.

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