How to enforce primary key constraint in Informatica when loading to netezza?

Does netezza enforce primary key constraint?

Neteza does not enforce primary key constraint. Application that loads data to netezza has to enforce it.

How to enforce primary key constraint in Informatica when loading to netezza?

If Informatica is loading data to netezza you can enforce primary key constrain by setting the primary key constraint in the target definition of Informatica mappings. This allows it to enforce primary key constrain in the current load but does not work if there is data already in the netezza table. For example, if record1 and record2 are duplicate in the current load then Informatica detects it when loading to netezza table. However, if records2 already exists in netezza table, and you are now loading only record1 then Informatica cannot find out about record2.

In this circumtance you have to put additional logic in informatica such as a lookup or filter condition to check for existing records in netezza target table. Hope this helps!!