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# General

The following fields are general to this transformation step:

| Field                       | Description                                                                                                                      |
| --------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Step name**               | Specify the unique name of the Execute row SQL script step on the canvas. You can customize the name or leave it as the default. |
| **Connection**              | Select the name of a connected database from the list.                                                                           |
| **Edit**                    | Click to edit your current database connection.                                                                                  |
| **New**                     | Click to establish a new database connection.                                                                                    |
| **Wizard**                  | Click to open a new database connection using the **Wizard**.                                                                    |
| **Commit**                  | Specify the number of rows to commit at a time. The default is 1.                                                                |
| **Send a single statement** | Clear if you do not want to group rows into a single statement.                                                                  |
| **SQL field name**          | Specify the field that contains either the SQL statement or the path to the SQL file to execute.                                 |
| **Read SQL from file**      | Select to specify that the **SQL field name** is the path to an SQL file.                                                        |


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